The Analytical Concordance to the New Revised Standard Version of the New Testament

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Summary: This is a must-have!
Review: Finally, 11 years after the New Revised Standard Version was first published, a usable analytical concordance on said version has been published. Whitaker & Kohlenberger follow the familar format of Strong's concordance, using the newer translation. For those of us who do not know Greek, it is a great time-saving and usable work.

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Summary: Finally, a good analytical concordance for the NRSV
Review: Finally, 11 years after the New Revised Standard Version was first published, a usable analytical concordance on said version has been published. Whitaker & Kohlenberger follow the familar format of Strong's concordance, using the newer translation. For those of us who do not know Greek, it is a great time-saving and usable work.

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Summary: Only for those without Greek
Review: I bought this expensive volume a year ago and have used it only once or twice as a reference. I realized only after I had purchased it that although it is extremely useful for those who know little or no Greek, it is not of great use for someone who can make their way through a Greek lexicon. If you MUST, however, have an analytical concordance of the New Testament in English, I suppose this is the one to buy. It uses the text of the NRSV, is beautifully printed and is "exhaustive" tracing the occurrence of every single word of NRSV NT.

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Summary: Great Concordance for users of the NRSV
Review: The Analytical Concordance to the New Revised Standard Version of the New Testament is a great tool for those wishing to work with the New Testament of the NRSV.

Take note that this is a concordance for the NEW TESTAMENT ONLY. It is "exhaustive" in the sense that it indexes every important word but leaves out the articles, modifiers, pronouns and such that usually are not theologically significant for finding a passage in the Bible.

One area of disagreement is centered in the book's introduction. The editors state that the Greek-English index is not a dictionary.

I beg to differ.

The NIVEC (NIV Exhaustive Concordance) was based upon this same indexing method (should be since John R. Kohlenberger III was one of the editors). According to the editors of the NIVEC, the indexes do indeed constitute a lexicon in that the range of meaning is given by the different words used to translate the original Greek.

So, this index does, in fact, constitute a dictionary and the general meaning of the Greek word can easily be found by simply looking at the words which were used to translate the Greek word in the NRSV.

Good buy and a good reference tool. Highly recommended.

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Summary: This is a must-have!
Review: The Analytical Concordance to the New Revised Standard Version of the New Testament is the perfect accompaniment to the NRSV. Finally a concordance that is easy to use and extremely helpful. This makes verse searching so much easier!