Is TDOT Worth it?
Since I'm going into my second year of Hebrew, should I look at picking up TDOT while it is on pre-pub, or should I just forgoe it and consider HALOT instead (or should I consider both)? It's a hefty price to pay for a dictionary, and before I'd invest that kind of money into it, I need to know if it's something I'd really regularly use. For what it's worth, I do use TDNT often in my Greek studies.
Thanks!
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I am sure there are many who would promote the TDOT. I considered it but could not justify the cost. I already have HALOT, NIDOTTE, TWOT, and a number of others. That said, I am not a Hebrew student, so TDOT may offer value for those learning the language.
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TDOT is not a lexicon so it can't be compared to HALOT. It is a word study encyclopedia, similar to the TDNT. It will be valuable for studying individual words in the text, and as FL creates links back from resources that cite it, it will provide additional help in understanding those citations (a large number are from NIDOTTE, BTW). It will not help you learn Hebrew, but it would be of help to translation and exegeses.
It is expensive, but unlikely to ever be cheaper. I put in a pre-order with the hope that it will not be released until 2016.
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Mark Smith said:
I put in a pre-order with the hope that it will not be released until 2016.
Same here.
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Mark Smith said:
I put in a pre-order with the hope that it will not be released until 2016.
Likewise. [B]
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IMHO this is totally not necessary for second year hebrew. Ask your tutor about it. In fact, I know people who got through second year Hebrew without owning HALOT either. If on the other hand you know you will continue to study Hebrew then snap up all the good deals you can.
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I remember one of the first times I used Logos to look up anything related to a subject and Kittel came up with a Greek word for it. Totally blew me away as it demolished someone's entirely incorrect interpretation. I expect TDOT will prove every bit as useful.
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Mark Smith said:
TDOT is not a lexicon so it can't be compared to HALOT. It is a word study encyclopedia, similar to the TDNT. It will be valuable for studying individual words in the text, and as FL creates links back from resources that cite it, it will provide additional help in understanding those citations (a large number are from NIDOTTE, BTW). It will not help you learn Hebrew, but it would be of help to translation and exegeses.
It is expensive, but unlikely to ever be cheaper. I put in a pre-order with the hope that it will not be released until 2016.
True about the different, and very good point. We are going to be getting into exegesis in 2016, so if it releases then, the timing would be great for me to use it.
I've put in a pre-order as well, and I can always cancel before it goes live if I can't swing it or ask to put it on a payment plan if I want it badly enough.
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mab said:
I remember one of the first times I used Logos to look up anything related to a subject and Kittel came up with a Greek word for it. Totally blew me away as it demolished someone's entirely incorrect interpretation. I expect TDOT will prove every bit as useful.
I remember encountering TDNT for the first time as well and how much it blew me away (it's even more handy now that I've had a year of Greek). I'm sure TDOT would do the same for me.
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John Goodman said:
IMHO this is totally not necessary for second year hebrew. Ask your tutor about it. In fact, I know people who got through second year Hebrew without owning HALOT either. If on the other hand you know you will continue to study Hebrew then snap up all the good deals you can.
I can definitely ask my professor about it, and it's true it's probably not necessary. Since we are getting into exegesis near the end of second year Hebrew, it may be "beneficial" toward it. He hasn't told me whether or not he requires HALOT yet. My Greek professor is requiring BDAG, so not sure if my Hebrew professor is going to follow a similar route. My Greek professor wants us to use as much of the "field standard" resources that we can moving forward.
Since I'm going for a Ph D after seminary, it may be handy as well for the extra exegetical insights I'd glean from it through my research.
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I'm kind of hoping to absorb it in some future base package. That way the cost won't be so painful.
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Gao Lu said:
I'm kind of hoping to absorb it in some future base package. That way the cost won't be so painful.
I wish they'd add it to a base package (or even bundle it into a Logos Cloud tier if the tier had enough resources I wanted), but I'm afraid of what the upgrade cost of the base package or monthly subscription cost of the Cloud tier would be. :-)
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