From: Edward Hobbs (EHOBBS@wellesley.edu)
Date: Sat Sep 07 1996 - 18:12:19 EDT
Jonathan Robie's reply to Ken Litwak on BDF/BDR brings up an interesting 
point of scholarship.  Debrunner's revision of Blass's grammar was THE 
standard for NT Greek grammars for decades.  (The first post-WWII edition 
to arrive from Germany was my wife's engagement gift to me!)  It has since 
been revised by Rehkopf, which is now the most up-to-date (though not 
really modern) grammar for NT grammarians.  This is the edition which 
Jonathan is using (and rightly referring to as BDR).  Those who cannot read 
German have been helped by Bob Funk's translation (and muddying) of the pre
-Rehkopf edition.  A revision is in process, with some fine scholars at 
work on it now; but it seems to be years in the future before we will have 
it in hand.
Meanwhile, hurrah to Jonathan for using a better grammar than most of us 
have in hand!
Edward Hobbs
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