Biblical Hebrew Forum

[gfsomsel AT juno.com]

On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 12:23:08 -0800 "C. Stirling Bartholomew"
<jacksonpollock AT earthlink.net> writes:
> On 11/25/04 12:04 PM, "Ken Penner" <pennerkm AT mcmaster.ca> wrote:
> 
> >> When you describe J-M as "newer" do you mean "newer than WOC"
> >> or "newer than GKC"?
> > 
> > I meant newer than GKC. It seems to me that Muraoka's revisions 
> were
> > thorough. I suspect if it's in J-M, it has passed Muraoka's very 
> careful and
> > well-informed scrutiny.
> 
> Is J-M a more of a reference work than a text book? I mean in 
> comparison to
> WOC which is both. I cannot imagine using GKC as a text book and I 
> am
> wondering if J-M is more like GKC in that respect.
> 
> 
> greetings,
> Clay Bartholomew 
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It's definitely a reference book -- much like GKC in many respects.

george
gfsomsel