[B-Greek] Mounce Basics of Biblical Greek Indexes

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Sat Sep 13 13:43:12 EDT 2008


This must indeed be frustrating.  I recall when I was in college using Smyth's _Greek Grammar_ I was deeply appreciative of the indices where, if one failed me, I was able to find what I wanted in another index.  It might be worthwhile to go through the book entering words and forms, passages, etc into separate spreadsheets (or pages of spreadsheets) so as to create a number of differing ways to find something.  I think this is available in Pradis though Zondervan has resisted any request to allow it in Logos format.  If it had been made available in Logos, it would be extremely easy to find virtually any subject or passage.  I'm not sure about the capabilities of Pradis though I hear that it is rather primitive.  
 
Isn't Mounce also available in Accordance?  Apparently Zondervan is seeking to avoid any competition with Pradis in the PC market.  I simply refuse to purchase the book.  If they want my business, they will allow it in Logos.  End of discussion.

 george
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----- Original Message ----
From: Louis Sorenson <llsorenson at hotmail.com>
To: "greekstudy at nxport.com" <greekstudy at nxport.com>; B-Greek List mail to all <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>; Louis Sorenson <louis at letsreadgreek.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 1:08:17 PM
Subject: [B-Greek] Mounce Basics of Biblical Greek Indexes

Hello all,

I'm trying to put together a Greek Refresher course using Mounce's Basics of Biblical Greek, which is a very thorough and organized beginning grammar.  I'm finding that the index of topics, words and Greek lexicon leaves much to be desired.  e.g. "verbal adjective" among other terms is nowhere to be found in the index.  The index uses page numbers, rather than section numbers which would be more precise. Trying to find where the imperfect of εἴμι is introduced §21.23 (p. 189) is almost impossible, as there is no index of Greek words, just a lexicon listing the frequency and morphology type, nor is it listed in the table of contents.  Where are all the places ἐκ / ἐξ are listed in the notes or sections? etc.  There is also no listing of which chapter a vocabulary word is introduced. 

So my question is this: has anyone out there created an index of Greek words and/or an expanded table of contents and more complete index?

Louis Sorenson

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