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WISH LIST for the student of the Greek New Testament CBD = www.christianbook.com **Recommended shopping list: 1. Greek New Testament + short dictionary 2. Greek-English Concordance 3. The Online Bible CD-ROM The following tools are in The Online Bible, but it is good to have them in printed form. 4. Greek-English Lexicon (preferably BDAG) 5. Greek-English Interlinear Finally, I recommend the advanced tools in the order in which they are listed.
GREEK NEW TESTAMENT **The Greek New Testament (UBS4), with Greek-English Dictionary American Bible Society / 1993 (CBD Stock No: WW56494) The Greek New Testament (without dictionary) American Bible Society / 1983 (CBD Stock No: WW8051109) GREEK-ENGLISH CONCORDANCE This is a power tool often overlooked by NT students. It lists every Greek word used in the Bible, and under each word it lists a line of English text from every verse in which that word is used. This enables you to see the variety of meanings, nuances, and contexts for each word. **Englishman's Greek Concordance George V. Wigram / Hendrickson Publishers / 1996 (first edition publ. 1839); Also published by Baker Book House (CBD Stock No: WW32079) The Greek-English Concordance to the New Testament John Kohlenberger / Zondervan Corp. / 1997 You will also see “analytical concordances” offered by online book sellers. These tools give you morphology (parsing information) of every occurrence of every Greek word used in the New Testament. The Online Bible CD makes these books obsolete. 1
Wish List of Greek New Testament study tools
GREEK-ENGLISH LEXICON (dictionary) **A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament Bauer/Danker/Arndt/Gingrich [BDAG] University Of Chicago / 2000 (CBD Stock No: WW39331) This is the standard reference for NT scholars. Because it is so expensive, you may be satisfied with one of the popular short lexicons... Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (CBD Stock No: WW32095) Manual Greek Lexicon of New Testament Greek G. Abbott-Smith / Continuum / 1999 (CBD Stock No: WW86844) Shorter Lexicon of the Greek New Testament, Second Edition F. Wilbur Gingrich / University Of Chicago / 1983 (CBD Stock No: WW18075) An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon: Founded upon the 7th Edition of Liddell-Scott's Lexicon Edited by H.G. Liddell & Robert Scott / Oxford University Press / 1946 (CBD Stock No: WW02066)
GREEK-ENGLISH INTERLINEAR This tool offers the Greek NT text with a word-for-word English translation above every Greek word, and a standard English translation in the side margin. A variety of interlinears are available from CBD with your choice of accompanying English translation.
COMPUTER STUDY TOOLS **The Online Bible MAC: (CBD Stock No: WW06661) PC: (CBD Stock No: WW0666X) or download free samples from www.onlinebible.com This low-cost software has both Greek NT and Hebrew OT text (minus Greek accents & breathing marks, and Hebrew vowel pointing), with Greek interlinear, Greek a Hebrew lexicons, morphology (parsing analysis) for every Greek and Hebrew word.
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Wish List of Greek New Testament study tools
BibleWorks 6.0 (or higher) www.bibleworks.com (CBD Stock No: WW82901) Highest rated Greek NT software. Also includes the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the OT in use at the time of Christ). PC Study Bible Version 4 (or higher) "Complete Reference Library" www.biblesoft.com (CBD Stock No: WW145100) The PC Study Bible comes in various levels. Get either the "complete," "advanced," or "professional" edition. These include the NT Greek text.
ADVANCE NEW TESTAMENT LINGUISTIC TOOLS A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament Bruce Metzger / American Bible Society / 1975 This is a useful tool which weighs the evidence for every significant textual variant which you find in the footnotes of your Greek New Testament. Linguistic Key to the Greek New Testament [Schlussel Zum Griechischen Neuen Testament] by Fritz Rienecker, Cleon L., III Rogers A Grammatical Analysis of the Greek New Testament by Max Zerwick, Mary Grosvenor These two tools walk through the NT verse-by-verse, offering parsing helps on selected words, with suggestions for interpretation. Lenski's New Testament Commentaries, 12 Volumes R. C. H. Lenski / Hendrickson Publishers / 1942 (CBD Stock No: WW3408X) This is a book-by-book commentary of the New Testament which draws heavily from a careful analysis of the Greek text. I hope that some day this becomes available on CD-ROM. Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, 10 Volumes Edited by G. Kittel, translated by G.W. Bromiley / Eerdmans Publishing Co. / 1964 This monster-size work offers information about the way important NT Greek words are used, not only in the NT, but also in Classical and Koine Greek literature, and in the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew OT (Septuagint). Available both in print (10 volumes) or CD-ROM. This is not the same version offered as a single volume abridged theological dictionary (the "Little Kittel").
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