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

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Thu Nov 22 05:43:18 EST 2007


Someday I'll get it right the first time, but don't count on it.

On Nov 22, 2007, at 5:32 AM, Carl Conrad wrote:

> 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

bound-in bookmarker.

> 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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