[B-Greek] You Are Smarter Than a Lexicon (?)

Dr. Don Wilkins drdwilkins at verizon.net
Thu Jun 3 14:12:08 EDT 2010


Lexicons come in many formats and sizes, and you could argue that  
those which provide little more than a couple of glosses for a word  
are useless and possibly misleading. But it is hard for me to believe  
that anyone who has used a standard unabridged lexicon could  
seriously say the same about it. The sales blurb for the reverse  
interlinear was just that, a piece of drivel designed simply to sell  
something. I'm surprised at Elizabeth for her statement, because the  
better (and larger) lexicons are there to provide meanings in  
context, supplying relevant "discourse," and I don't know how anyone  
can pin down better examples short of reading all the original texts  
available.

Don Wilkins

On Jun 3, 2010, at 8:36 AM, Carl Conrad wrote:

> On Jun 3, 2010, at 10:25 AM, Elizabeth Kline wrote:
>>
>> On Jun 3, 2010, at 6:54 AM, Carl Conrad wrote:
>>
>>> "There is simply no substitute in word study ...
>>
>> Word study is IMO probably the most over rated exegetical  
>> activity. What one should study is discourse, not words.
>
> Only one and not the other? I don't think I'd want to depend on
> any one resource alone for understanding an ancient Greek text.
> Is it really true that understanding discourse doesn't involve
> understanding words at all?
>
>
> Carl W. Conrad
> Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
>
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