[B-Greek] Apostolic Fathers: Which Edition?
James Spinti
JSpinti at Eisenbrauns.com
Thu Mar 20 09:02:12 EDT 2008
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[mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Carl Conrad
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To: Richard Ghilardi
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Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Apostolic Fathers: Which Edition?
On Mar 19, 2008, at 8:18 PM, Richard Ghilardi wrote:
>> Hello Folks,
>
>> Which edition of the Apostolic Fathers should I get?
>
>>A) Lake
>>B) Ehrman
>>C) Holmes (3rd ed.)
>>D) other
>I personally would advise Holmes 3d edition. It has an English version
>on the facing page which may be useful occasionally to some, but at
>least it's not distracting the way an interlinear text is distracting.
>Moreover it is a beautifully-produced and handsome volume, employing
>one of the most easily-read and handsome Greek type-faces I've seen in
>many a moon. I think we have our friend James Ernest at Baker Books to
>thank for that.
>Carl W. Conrad
>Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
I second Carl's recommendation. It is a very nice and well done volume;
I especially like the font, much easier to read than either of the Loeb
volumes.
James
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