Re: Moulton & Milligan

From: Edgar M. Krentz (emkrentz@mcs.com)
Date: Thu May 28 1998 - 15:09:56 EDT


>At 10:22 PM 5/26/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>Did someone recently ask about purchasing the 1997 Hendrickson reprint
>>of Moulton & Milligan's THE VOCABULARY OF THE GREEK TESTAMENT
>>Illustrated from the Papyri, etc. (c) 1930 [Retail $39.95 ~ $25.00 from
>>CBD]? If so, I missed the responses.
>>
>>Bruce Metzger in his LEXICAL AIDS states that it is "unsurpassed in its
>>field," but that was in 1969. What is the scholarly view of this book
>>now in 1998?
>>
>
>It is still one of the best lexicons available. Its function, to clarify
>the meaning and usage of words from non-literary sources, is invaluable.
>
>With it and Bauer, one knows everything! :)

Jim is a wee bit optimistic. You need to add LSJ in its latest edition, The
Lampe LPG, [ossibly EA Sophocles old lexicon, Stephanus, and the MEG
LEXIKON THS 'LLENBKIKHS GLWSSHS and then you will be able to a good bit,
but not nearly everything.

Add the lexica of papyri and pray for a lexicon of Greek epigraphic
texts--and we might be closer to the ideal.

I do wish I owned the last two.

But Jim is right about the value of MM!

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