[B-Greek] Searching the B-Greek archives

Richard Ghilardi qodeshlayhvh at juno.com
Wed Dec 9 20:39:13 EST 2009


Hello Tony,

The easiest way to search the archives is to go to this web page

http://www.ibiblio.org/bgreek/archives/index.html

Type your search term(s) in the search field at the bottom of the page
and then click on the "search" button.
It's really that easy!

A test search for "greek urban legends" found 7 hits. (Remember to
include the double quotes for an exact search.)

Yours in His grace,

Richard Ghilardi - qodeshlayhvh at juno.com
West Haven, Connecticut USA

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On Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:50:54 -0500 "Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad2 at mac.com>
writes:
> On Wednesday, December 09, 2009, at 06:17AM, "Tony Pope" 
> <borikayaama_tekiri at sil.org> wrote:
> 
> >(Sorry to old timers if this has all been said before. Dr Conrad 
> says "the archives can be 
> >consulted", and indeed on the FAQ page there is mention of a 
> powerful search engine. But I cannot 
> >see where to access it. Doubtless I'm missing something quite 
> obvious, but if someone would be 
> >sufficient of a FILOS to point it out, I should be grateful. :)
> 
> The FAQ does need to be updated in that regard and a couple others 
> as well. The best solution for searching the archives, to my 
> knowledge, was provided by Joe Weaks in a "bookmarklet" that can be 
> dragged into the bookmark bar of Firefox browser; it is described 
> and may be accessed at:
> 
>
http://macbiblioblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/b-greek-search-bookmarklet.html
> 
> You can also use the following in a Google search box:
> 
>   <search-term> site:http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/b-greek/
> 
> There is also the matter of formulating the query so as to bring the 
> most useful results. 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.
> 
> 
> Carl W. Conrad
> Department of Classics, Washington University (ret)
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