[B-Greek] Strong's "numerology"

Nathan Smith ndansmith at gmail.com
Thu Jan 31 10:29:04 EST 2008


On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 07:55:13AM -0500, Carl W. Conrad wrote:
> Hall Harris' "Net Bible Revolution" blog has a discussion this morning  
> of why Greek and Hebrew language materials from Strong's Exhaustive  
> Concordance continue to be widely available, promulgated, and utilized  
> by many students of the Bible, despite the fact that Biblical language  
> scholars certainly do not recommend them. The answer is pretty much  
> what you'd expect: they are (for good reasons) long since out of  
> copyright and therefore free for use to any comer, while the better  
> recommended lexicographical works in Greek and Hebrew are copyrighted  
> and by no means inexpensive. What Harris explains in this blog entry  
> is why the NeXtBible site, certainly one of the more useful Bible  
> study sites on the internet, makes Strong's stuff available to all  
> comers freely, despite the fact that the site's scholarly stewards do  
> not recommend it.
> 

As a language studen I have long lamented the agressively enforced
copyrights of language tools, particularly with regard to computer
software.  I would like to see an exploration of the idea of raising
funds to commission works which would then be released under a
permissive license for the benefit of all.

-- 
Nathan Smith
ndansmith at gmail.com




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