[B-Greek] A Koine-Koine Greek Lexicon

Louis Sorenson llsorenson at hotmail.com
Sat Aug 23 22:22:07 EDT 2008


This would be a great project.  Don't you think that several 'works' are missing from the existing mix: 1) A Koine-Koine THESAURUS (Woodhouse's Greek-English lexicon comes close, but is Attic based), 2) A Koine-Koine lexicon. I believe there are some ancient Greek attempts at providing glosses for various words.  And surely there are excerpts from the Church fathers which provide glosses for any given word, along with Greek-Greek glosses from secular Greek authors for any given word.  

I believe most readers would use 'the English translation based' lexicon BAGD/BDAG as the base of any Greek-Greek translation.  Moulton-Milligan's lexicon does not include many English glosses -- which I believe is a complaint from many readers of that lexicon.  

And I sure those experts on the list could list ancient Greek works which would 'qualify' for a basis of such a Koine-Koine lexicon.  And surely, such a project could not be lead by any member on the b-Greek study list, but must be managed by a tightly controlled, PhD led, motivated and very resourceful professor of Greek who is convinced that the current Greek-English tools are very inadequate.  Such a 'project' must be 'controlled' by a university or college that has the resources and longevity to support such an endeavor.  Unless there is a coordinated effort by PhD holders to produce such a work, it is highly unlikely that a non-PhD holder or vetted professor could launch a Koine-Koine lexicon project.

[Just some more thoughts on the subject]

Louis Sorenson





> Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:46:04 -0700
> From: jcwilking at yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Comprehensive 1c Bilingual Koine Greek
> To: llsorenson at hotmail.com
> 
> Louis,
> 
> What if we make it a project.  I don't know if the people can work together.  I'm writing Elizabeth Cline for assistance.  My thing is language theory with just a working knowledge of Greek.
> 
> John
> 
> 
> --- On Fri, 8/22/08, Louis Sorenson <llsorenson at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: Louis Sorenson <llsorenson at hotmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Comprehensive 1c Bilingual Koine Greek
> > To: "B-Greek List mail to all" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
> > Date: Friday, August 22, 2008, 10:37 PM
> > So far, all comments on a Koine-Koine lexicon are in the
> > abstract.  I would like all those who have participated in
> > this thread, to suggest five-ten words they would suggest
> > for an initial lexicon, and then submit entries (in Koine),
> > for those five to ten words they suggest.  Perhaps a list of
> > the premises that of those who recommend a Koine-Koine
> > Webster's should be included by each of those who
> > 'submit an entry'. 
> > 
> > Louis Sorenson
> > 
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