[B-Greek] On Thayer and BDAG

Kevin Riley klriley at alphalink.com.au
Sat Jul 19 07:35:36 EDT 2008


I had the same thought - but then I thought of my own field and considered
if there was a single non-biased writer in the whole field, and had to admit
 with the possible (but highly unlikely) exception of myself, there was not.
 So, the question I have is in what direction each lexicon is biased, not
whether it is, and whether this actually matters in any significant manner. 
The only thing I have heard about BDAG is that it tends towards 'inclusive'
language, but I don't consider that biased, so I'm fine with it.  I am not
going to sell my first-born son to buy it, but I do intend to buy both it
and the 9th edition of LSJ as soon as fulfilling the 'needs' of said
first-born leaves me enough money to do so (and I can do so safely without
incurring the ire of my children's mother).
 
Kevin Riley
 
-------Original Message------- 
 
From: Barry 
Date: 19/07/2008 9:14:35 PM 
 
Recently I have seen several people assert that BDAG is theologically 
Biased. Now, I don't have a copy of BDAG (though I do have BAGD, LSJ, L&N, 
The infamous Thayer, and several other lesser known lexical resources). Can 
Anyone provide some examples of theological bias in BDAG, or point to a 
Source which discusses this? 
 
N.E. Barry Hofstetter 
Professor, WRTS 
http://www.wittenbergreformed.org 
 
 



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