6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
The standard for Septuagint Lexicons, Dec 7 2009
By Peter A. Papoutsis - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Greek-English Lexicon of the Septuagint (Hardcover)
All I can say about Prof. Murakoa and his LXX lexicon is: His Lexicon is easy to read, smooth to use and accurate and plain to every student. I recommend to everyone out there who are interested in the Septuagint to pick this Lexcon up and use it throughly and immensly. I just love it!
9 of 16 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent dictionary for Christians, Aug 29 2009
By Jacob Yuroh Teshima "Jacob Y. Teshima" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Greek-English Lexicon of the Septuagint (Hardcover)
Prof. Muraoka's magnum opus, "A Greek-English Lexicon of the Seputuagint" is a truly excellent dictionary for the student of the Septuagint, the New Testament, Hellenistic Judaism as well as the Greek language in general.
He spent at Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 1964 through 1970, received a Ph.D. in study of Semitic languages.
He is also an expert of Aramic language as well as Hebrew.
Within my knowledge, only few scholars can compete with his linguistic erudition today.
His scholastic contribution was internationally appreciated.
See: "Hamlet on a Hill: Semitic and Greek Studies Presented to Professor T. Muraoka on the Occasion of His Sixty-Fifth Birthday" (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta, 118)
http://www.amazon.com/Hamlet-Hill-Sixty-Fifth-Orientalia-Lovaniensia/dp/9042912154/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251603472&sr=1-2
He is a very humble and devoted Christian. This is shown his quotations from the Bible
in the end of its Introduction: Job 5:7, IChr 15:10, Phil 2:16.
His Lexicon is easy to read, smooth to use and accurate and plain to every student.
I recommend to every theologian, minister, scholar or student who are interested in Greek.