[B-Greek] Danker's new Dictionary

Eddie Mishoe edmishoe at yahoo.com
Fri Aug 21 10:12:01 EDT 2009


James,

Thank you for this data. I think this book recognizes the importance of "extended definitions and explanations" of Hebrew and Greek words. This is what the Concise aspect of it communicates; excising this information from the larger BDAG communicates volumes. I can actually envision a translation which uses these 'expanded' definitions in a translation -- NOT a paraphrase!!!!! -- perhaps imitating a style fairly close to how the NET Bibles gives additional information in its footnotes, but also including these expanded definitions in the translation itself. The goal of a good translation is not to keep it as short as possible, but as accurate as possible.

Eddie Mishoe

Pastor

--- On Fri, 8/21/09, James Spinti <JSpinti at Eisenbrauns.com> wrote:

From: James Spinti <JSpinti at Eisenbrauns.com>
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Danker's new Dictionary
To: "B Greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 9:49 AM

Eddie,

This is simply an abridgement of BDAG. About 1/3 the length, 1/3 the
price. If you can afford BDAG, get it instead--or besides :)

My $.02,
James
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Subject: [B-Greek] Danker's new Dictionary

Danker's new book (Concise Lexicon) moves in the direction of what I've
been arguing for some time now on this blog. The last sentence of this
review is basically the position I've been trying to espouse. It
reads...

Danker's Concise Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament will prove
to be similarly invaluable to ministers, seminarians, translators, and
students of biblical Greek. Unlike other lexica of the Greek New
Testament, which give only brief glosses for headwords, The Concise
Greek-English Lexicon offers extended definitions or explanations in
idiomatic English for all Greek terms.


I say this is moving in the right direction in that I see it just as
critical to provide the FULL meaning of a word or phrase in a
translation. I have a few ideas of how to do this without having to
produce a translation too heavy to carry, one would be like the NET
Bible format. 

Eddie Mishoe

Pastor


      
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