New: Danker, Shorter Lexicon (U/Chg, 2009)

I just ran across this listing on the SBL program:

Biblical Lexicography
11/21/2009
4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Room: Room TBD – Hotel TBD

Theme: New Greek Lexicons

Bernard A. Taylor, Loma Linda University, Presiding
F.W. Danker, The Concise Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (Chicago, 2009)
Frederick W. Danker, Christ Seminary
Whither and How Do We Move from Here? (20 min)

Does anyone know anything about this new “Little BDAG”? I heard quite a few years ago that Danker was working on it, but have heard nothing since. It is apparently due out this year.

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Update:

Here’s the info I just tracked down at U/Chg. Press:

Frederick William Danker
The Concise Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament
408 pages, 1 line drawing 6 x 9 © 2009
Cloth $55.00
ISBN: 9780226136158 Pre-order now. Will publish November 2009

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Frederick William Danker, a world-renowned scholar of New Testament Greek, is widely acclaimed for his 2000 revision of Walter Bauer’s A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. With more than a quarter of a million copies in print, it is considered the finest dictionary of its kind.

Danker’s Concise Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament will prove to be similarly invaluable to ministers, seminarians, translators, and students of biblical Greek. Unlike other lexica of the Greek New Testament, which give only brief glosses for headwords, The Concise Greek-English Lexicon offers extended definitions or explanations in idiomatic English for all Greek terms.

Each entry includes basic etymological information, short renderings, information on usage, and plentiful biblical references. Greek terms that could have different English definitions, depending on context, are thoughtfully keyed to the appropriate passages. An overarching aim of The Concise Greek-English Lexicon is to assist the reader in recognizing the broad linguistic and cultural context for New Testament usage of words.

The Concise Greek-English Lexicon retains all the acclaimed features of A Greek-English Lexicon in a succinct and affordable handbook, perfect for specialists and nonspecialists alike.

About Rod Decker

Professor of Greek and New Testament Baptist Bible Seminary Clarks Summit, PA 18411 USA
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3 Responses to New: Danker, Shorter Lexicon (U/Chg, 2009)

  1. mike aubrey says:

    408 pages is almost twice as big as the previous concise edition.

  2. Josh M says:

    Thanks for the update. I had this unit on my list!

  3. Alan Kurschner says:

    I put in a request to Accordance to purchase this. I had it as my lexicon in the popup window in a former software program. It would be nice to have it as the popup lexicon in Accordance.