[B-Greek] Searching the archives (especially on a Mac)

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Mar 5 05:42:17 EST 2008


I have recently had an inquiry about searching the B-Greek archives  
with a Mac. I had myself been using the Firefox plugin for instituting  
a search of the BG archives but have noted that it no longer works --  
the reason being, Joe Weaks tells me, "because the old ibiblio search  
application is not operational anymore."
In response to to as strong a nudge as I could present without being  
totally obnoxious, Joe has come forth with a dashboard widget that  
works with Mac OS X 10.4 and above for searching the B-Greek archives.  
It is accessible at:
http://macbiblioblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/b-greek-search-widget.html
or
http://tinyurl.com/3663od

I just downloaded it and tested it using the current thread on  
"Matt6:34 Parsing query" -- I simply put the BG transliteration  
ARKETON into the search box and immediately my browser went to the  
relevant posts in the current archives.
For Mac users who avail themselves of Joe's BG search widget and for  
anyone (including those who don't "think different") who use the  
following in a Google search box:

  <search-term> site:http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/b-greek/

I would note that, although you can search for scripture citations  
(e.g. Matthew 6:34), there's such variety of citation modes (Mt 6:34,  
Mt. 6:34, Mt 6.34, Mt. 6.34, Matt. 6:34, ..., Matthew 6:34 ...) that  
no particular mode chosen is likely to hit on every item in the  
archives that deals with the text in question. I have found that a  
search that uses the standard B-Greek transliteration of a key word or  
phrase in the passage you're looking for makes a more serviceable  
search term for getting most of what's useful in the archives. At any  
rate, CARIN OIDA PLEISTHN TWi IWSHFWi THS BOHQEIAS hENEKA.

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




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