I would appreciate advice on buying Greek resources. For background, I've spent a fair amount of time studying Greek on my own (primarily JACT Reading Greek series, which I know isn't Koine). I would guess I'm on the level of a mediocre student with one semester of Bible college.
I'm interested in building a library of Greek resources to help in my personal study of the NT. I'm not preparing sermons, just doing this for my own personal study and application. So far, all I have is what is included in the base software (the one that is on sale for $50, usually $99). So in terms of Greek, basically the free Greek NT and the pocket Lexicon.
I've been looking at potentially upgrading, but all of the packages to me look like I would be paying for a lot of stuff I won't use, such that it doesn't make sense even with the large percentage discounts. Instead of buying packages, I've been buying academic commentaries that are highly reviewed and on sale at steep discounts, and have been really happy with what I've picked up. I feel like my best strategy to build up a library over time is to buy the Biblical language resources I will actually use and then pick up commentaries on sales.
Anyway, with that background, here is what I'm considering purchasing:
- TDNT, Abridged ($57)
- Louw & Nida ($20) (This looks like it would be better to me than Thayer, assuming I don't want to pay up right now for BDAG?)
- Lexham Theological Wordbook ($70)
- Lexham English Septuagint ($25) (Obviously the Lexicons aren't going to serve me well for the LXX, but I'll plan on remedying that at some point, and I am interested in studying the Septuagint)
- English Greek Reverse Interlinear Septuagint ($20)
Any advice/suggestions/ideas? Feel free to tell me this is a dumb idea. I feel like I could pick out the right resources in print, but figuring out exactly what I want to purchase to work well with this software is challenging!
