[B-Greek] Ten Best Books for Studying New Testament Greek: AT Robertson

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Thu Nov 25 22:13:15 EST 2010


I think part of the problem with Robertson which inclines one to somewhat ignore 
it is not only its age but also that it is monumental.  This is, however, also 
one of its strengths.  Though no one else covers a topic, Robertson probably 
does.  I find it quite useful on many occassions even though I sometimes grow 
impatient with its length.

 george
gfsomsel 


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From: Stephen Baldwin <stbaldwi at hotmail.com>
To: Dr.Carl Conrad <cwconrad2 at mac.com>; B- Greek <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thu, November 25, 2010 7:15:40 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Ten Best Books for Studying New Testament Greek: AT 
Robertson


Ladies and Gentlemen:
This is an interesting list. I own 50% of the Black-listed volumes.
Included in my collection is A.T. Robertson's substantial tome.
I must confess it has sat sadly idle most of the time of its existence in my 
possession, and Black himself seems to have some reservations about it. That it 
is a momentous work does not appear to be in question.
But in my labours and studying, I rarely [if ever] recourse to it.
So I'm curious: Is it momentous because it is momentous? Who finds it useful and 
to what purposes?
I think it was Mr. FWS who mentioned Trenchard and Mounce's Morphology. Far more 
used than Mounce's BBG once one has advanced past the first stage. Smyth is 
excellent but needs reformatting. One useful addition to Trenchard's lists would 
be [where practicable] indications [TINOS, TINI etc.] after verbs indicating the 
case of their objects...

A very bloated Brit after his 10th Thanksgiving...

Steve

Stephen Baldwin
stbaldwi at hotmail.com


> To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> From: cwconrad2 at mac.com
> Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:27:11 +0000
> Subject: [B-Greek] Ten Best Books for Studying New Testament Greek
> 
> Here's a list to break Phospho's heart! -- except that it isn't really funny or 
>clever. Dave Black has
> posted on his blog a list rubric'd as indicated in the subject-header above. 
>You may access it at:
> 
> http://www.daveblackonline.com/ten_best_books_for_studying_new.htm
> 
> The books are not listed in any order of preference. Some of my favorites are 
>included, but I
> have my reservations about some of them. I rather doubt there would be any full 
>consensus
> on any "ten best," but lists like this have at least some entertainment value.
> 
> I hope that North American list-members will have a blessed Thanksgiving Day 
>today, and
> hopefully decent weather -- we're expecting some freezing rain in the St. Louis 
>area today --
> with a 35-mile drive to our place of assignation.
> Carl W. Conrad
> Department of Classics, Washington University (ret)
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