*Full disclosure: I am the harmless drudge Mr. Johnson spoke of centuries ago. For I read the whole of the text's 390 pages. Also, Dr. Danker was kind enough to read over an early draft of an article I published on the text-critic, A.E. Housman some time ago and offered some astute criticisms.
Prof. Danker's recent lexical edition amasses thousands of notes critical information. Aside from his labors in lexicography, Dr. Danker is also a well read classicist who is well aquainted with ancient Greco-Roman literature--having completed his doctoral work in the area of "classics" at the University of Chicago many, many years ago. This edition is a handsome volume, striking in its style/composition and easy to handle; the volume is weighted down with treasures of information which will uniquely equip both scholar and educated layman.
The brief preface of four pages outlines Danker's major goals. It also mentions a few of the principles which have governed his thought for many years: (1)no definition should be restricted or restrained by the boundaries of English grammatical features; (2)the reader/scholar is to be a participant in the developing trends which mark out a word's meaning. Readers of both, the traditional Greek text and critical Greek text will find a suitable standby in this book. Although it is smaller than his larger lexicon, this is not an abridged text. It is wholly new, and all the expert scholarship within attests to this point the further along one reads.
Lovers of antiquity will enjoy the mini-historical nuggets scattered throughout. All the paginated strata is arranged succinctly--with boldfaced scripture references which offset the extended definitions--and contains precise etymological data. A genuine student of scripture will need to keep this volume close by, the scholar will use it as an authorative source of comment, and the skeptic too will find a volume filled with direct answers to his or her many critical questions. Furthermore each page overflows with a reverence for defining ancient Greek words accurately and in their own contexts. As with any text, revision will one day be needed, but until then, we now have an edition which helps settle lexical issues.
There are a number of interesting Greek dictionaries on the market these days. Still some are 'lightweight' in many crtical matters. However, Danker's smaller lexicon weighs a ton when a judicious comparison is made.
Darrell Sutton (pastor-scholar)
Red Cloud, NE
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