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Ted Hans said:

I would love to see these lexicon available in Logos. Thanks.

  Ted.    

1. The Concise Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament by Frederick W. Danker. http://www.amazon.com/Concise-Greek-English-Lexicon-New-Testament/dp/0226136159/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267129899&sr=1-2
   
2. A Patristic Greek Lexicon by G. W. H. Lampe

Personally I don't like anything concise unless it's truly concise and in print so I can stick it in my pocket.  For electronic resources I like all the details.

Danker, the D in BDAG, just passed away.  In Rod Decker's Obit (http://ntresources.com/blog/?p=1492), he says of Danker's Concise Lexicon:

"This was not an abridgment of BDAG, but a new work (though
obviously dependent in many ways on the larger lexicon). I thank God for
Prof. Danker’s contribution to biblical studies. No beginning student
should be without the Concise Lexicon, and no serious student of the Greek of the NT who has gotten beyond first year should be without BDAG (in addition to CL)."

I am grateful to have BDAG in Logos, but can we bring in the Concise Lexicon too?

Ted Hans said:

I would love to see these lexicon available in Logos. Thanks.




 
Ted.
 
 

1. The Concise Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament by Frederick W. Danker. http://www.amazon.com/Concise-Greek-English-Lexicon-New-Testament/dp/0226136159/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267129899&sr=1-2
   
2. A Patristic Greek Lexicon by G. W.
   H. Lampe

I would definitely like to see both of these resources come to Logos!

I, too, would like to see Danker's Concise Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament available in Logos format.  It is available from Olivetree.com in BibleReader format, in which I refer to it frequently.  I would love to have it available in Logos.

I would also like to see Logos publish A Greek-English Lexicon of the Septuagint, by T. Muraoka.  Does anyone know if Logos has plans to publish this important lexicon.  I don't want to spend the money for a hard copy, if it will be coming out soon in Logos.

I have already voiced my desire to see these two resources in Logos, but I also wanted to add some things:

1) I would also like to suggest getting The Concise Dictionary of Classical Hebrew by David J. A. Clines.

and, 2) Why concise Lexicons? Although they are not all too useful for the scholar, they are useful for Pastors, teachers, and laypersons without much or any knowledge of Hebrew. They are much better than the so called "dictionaries" in Strong's Concordance and a whole lot more accurate and even provide more detail than Strong's Concordance dictionaries do. Logos already has The Concise Hebrew Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (CHALOT aka Holliday), but to have the CDCH would be useful for comparison purposes. Also, they are useful for those who want the larger and complete Lexicons (HALOT, DCH, and BDAG) but who cannot afford over $150 for one Lexicon (the BDAG/HALOT bundle is cheaper ($274.95) than buying each individually, but I digress). Also, it provides users of the Concise versions a starting point for studies and to give them a small taste of the full Lexicons (HALOT, DCH, and BDAG). Plus, for people are just starting out in Logos (and because Logos is expensive) concise Lexicons give them a place to begin so that they can do Hebrew and Greek studies. So are concise lexicons beneficial? I believe the answer is yes. Are they beneficial for all people? Of course not! Once I have the DCH I more than likely will have no need for the CDCH. However, others, such as my mom and a pastor friend of mine won't, be able to afford the DCH but would gain a lot from CHALOT, CDCH, and CGELNT (Concise Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament).

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