Multi-Purpose Tools for Bible Study

by Frederick William Danker

Publisher:

Fortress Press

, 1993

Overview

The reliable guide for students and scholars to the foundational texts of biblical study: concordances, primary Hebrew and Greek texts, grammars and lexicons, Bible dictionaries and versions, commentaries, and a host of contextual tools for studying the world of the Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Contents

Top Highlights

“Question the structure of their proof. Determine how well they construct the case for their own interpretations and how fairly they dispose of the interpretations of others.” (Page 305)

“In a lexicon a word is like a friend in a coffin. A concordance restores her to life” (Page 17)

“Bruce M. Metzger’s A Textual Commentary on the Greek Testament” (Page 23)

“Chrysostom. Thomas Aquinas held Chrysostom in such high regard that he is said to have declared he would rather possess the homilies on Matthew’s Gospel written by that eloquent doctor of the church than be master of all Paris.” (Page 300)

“The lexicographer considers the way a word is used and takes snapshots from various angles. A concordance helps one do what the lexicographer does but permits its user to look anew at the evidence.” (Page 17)

Product Details

• Title: Multi-Purpose Tools for Bible Study
• Author: Frederick William Danker
• Edition: Rev. and expanded ed.
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Print Publication Date: 1993
• Logos Release Date: 2002
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible › Bibliography
• ISBNs: 9780800625986, 0800625986
• Resource ID: LLS:34.0.125
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-28T20:09:33Z

About Frederick William Danker

Frederick W. Danker, professor emeritus of the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, is an ordained minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. Besides holding pastorates in various parishes, he served as instructor of New Testament for thirty-four years until his retirement in 1988.

His numerous writings range from lexicons, books, and articles in learned journals to publications in newspapers and popular magazines. Because of his ability to bridge academic and general interests, Danker is in frequent demand as a public lecturer on such varied topics as the politics of the Scriptures, proclamation based on the three series of the church year, and Jewish-Christian relations.