having HALOT and the complete Hermeneia or just NT?

[Unix]

To what extent would I be able to use Hermeneia (OT) in Accordance if I have HALOT which I got used, BHS-T with apparatus, MT-LXX Parallel and am thinking of getting Biblical DSS Manuscripts Variants?
Would You advise me to get the complete Hermeneia for commentary on some of the 38 books of the Old Testament or just the NT set with the AF if I'm not gonna take a Hebrew language class? I'm taking Gk.

My option is to use other resources that I have in Accordance and the competing software.
Some of the resources I have include: complete NIB and UBS Translator's Handbook series NT in Accordance, Hebrew Audio Pronuncations (I managed to hear the pronuncation of one word today, the lecturer who specialises in the 38 books confirmed I looked up the correct lemma).

 

The Hebrew alphabeth would pose a difficulty for me + I don't have much time even for the basics, at least not during the next 1½ years.

 

I have Hermeneia Upgrade 3 (3 vols.) which included 2 Chron, 2 Mc and Lk 3, in Logos together with the 1996 LSJ. I'm looking to add New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology and Exegesis in Accordance or Logos - whichever software produces it. It's the new forthcoming Edition and will have 495 more pages than the predecessor - at least that was what was known by July 2014, but besides that it's a new revised Edition.

 

In 8½ years from now I think I'll either be an ACNA in Sweden priest or a religious (or Christianity) teacher working 25% of full time pace in either case. Might finish ½ a year earlier if I don't have to train too much. (A couple of years after that I'll write a book and I don't have ideas for the book.)

 

Is the commentary functionality in any way superiour to same volumes in Logos?

 

Would I be able to use the new Ps 100-150 -volume in print or would there be a great advantage of having the Accordance copy instead?

 

Previously edited Sept. 8. 2014 5:48 PM EDT

Edited September 9, 2014 by Unix

[Peter Brylov Christensen]

Hm.. As with learning any new language, it's a good idea to start out slow and with print edition materials, if you ask me. Beginner's grammars will usually provide plenty of challenges for a couple of months. A great beginner's dictionary is "a Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament" by William Holladay. Cheap, easy to get and will do the job smoothly until you hit the Psalms and the Wisdom literature. Then you will need the HALOT. But if the Hebrew alphabet is causing you trouble, you might wanna only focus on that first before going all in on buying OT-commentary sets like Hermeneia, which is heavily focused on linguistic analysis. But they can be read without linguistic insight, of course. You'll just miss out on one of its best selling points.

 

My guess is that you're from Sweden, correct? If memory serves, it isn't mandatory to even learn Hebrew to become a Biblical scholar/theologian there, so unless you actually want to learn Hebrew (which I would only recommend), getting HALOT, OT Hermeneia and the DSS is a bit of a waste in that regard; if you decide to only focus on Greek, I would recommend that you buy the NT-Hermeneia.

 

Hope it helps!

 

Pchris

Edited September 8, 2014 by Pchris

[doulosnes]

I would like to support Pchris' recommendation for "A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament" by William Holladay. This is highly recommended for seminary students because of the ease in searching for lexical meaning in Hebrew. I have the HALOT but often times, a begining Hebrew student just want to find the basic word in Hebrew and the meaning in English quickly in order to assist in translation. This concise lexicon is the required Hebrew lexicon over the BDB at Westminster Seminay California. Logos already have this in their Bible program. It would help greatly to have this included in Accordance Bible as well. This is only a suggestion and I hope it will be taken into consideration :0).