Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Peter Kirk"<peter_kirk AT sil.org>]

The only lexicons in which no-one "can detect an occasional  
deficiency" are lexicons which no-one has read. Don't spoil them by 
reading them! ;-)

Peter Kirk


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Subject: Good Lexicon?
Author:  <data7201 AT aol.com> at Internet
Date:    29/03/2000 10:12


Great day to all,
                This is a quote from the book:
"From Exegesis to Exposition --A Practical Guide to Using Biblical 
Hebrew"pg.15 par.5:
        "On the other hand, one can detect an occasional  deficiency in K-
B's definitions and handling of semantic categories. For example, the entry 
on ( ) "spirit of the dead" (p.20), fails to recognize that the term can 
have three distinct senses or that it refers to a ritual pit in 1Samuel 28:7 
(see TDOT, 1:133). The glosses 'rebuke, threat" are not strong enough for 
the noun hrfg in theophanic contexts where it refers to Yahweh's loud shout 
or battle cry ( see TDOT, 3:49-53 ). The entries for "Father", and "Love", 
do not adequately reflect the covenantal nuances these terms often 
possess.(Isa. 9:5, placed by K-B under Category 7, should appear under 
category 3 or 4. See pp.1-2.) The discussion of (dsH,hesed pp.336-37) needs 
to be revised in light of K. Sakenfeld's and Gordon Clark's research of the 
term"........ie.

Now, my question is:
Is this just the author's opinion of the Lexicon, or is this the consensus 
of most scholars? Is this a good lexicon to use?

                                                 Thanks
                                                       Tony Starks  :-)