[B-Greek] Apostolic Fathers - the new 3d edition

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Thu Nov 22 05:32:36 EST 2007


We've been discussing the merits of the UBS Reader's Edition GNT and  
I've been urging the preferability of the NET Digloss for those whose  
competence in Greek is at the intermediate level (isn't that most of  
us?). Now that I've had my eyes -- feasted them, in fact -- upon the  
new edition of the Michael Holmes's Apostolic Fathers (the Lightfoot- 
Harmer-Holmes Greek-English diglot), I want to note that this is a  
very attractive little book (5.25" x 7") -- suitable for Eddie Mishoe  
(and others, including myself) to read while lying down. The covers  
are solid and shouldn't bend or warp, and there's a nice The Greek  
text with critical notes and an English version with clarifying notes  
are on facing pages. What's more -- and I think this is no small  
matter -- the Greek typeface is one of the most attractive and  
readable that I have ever laid eyes upon (I could wish that the GNT  
were available in a similarly sized and formatted edition). The  
documents constituting this collection vary considerably in reading  
difficulty, but quite a few are really quite simple and can be read at  
sight by those who've acquired a reasonable command of GNT vocabulary.  
As I see it, this book is remarkable for quality and the pricing at  
more than one dealer makes it accessible to just about anyone.

The recent announcement on B-Greek is in the archives
(http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/b-greek/2007-November/044742.html
or http://tinyurl.com/yoqhej).
Baker Academic announcement: http://tinyurl.com/2yndn7
Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/27lxx7

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)





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