The Book Study Concordance [Hardcover]

Andreas J. Kostenberger (Author), Raymond Bouchoc (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2003

Aided by breakthroughs in computer technology, The Book Study Concordance of the Greek New Testament has compiled data in a format that has never before been available to Bible students. The result is the creation of a new Bible study tool and a new venue of academic research. This new tool examines Greek words in their respective New Testament book settings with the theology of the book considered. Also provided are word totals, most-frequently-used words, semantic domains, and words set in relation to the New Testament as a whole. This is an absolutely invaluable new tool to the scholarly community.

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About the Author

Andreas Köstenberger is Professor of New Testament at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and also serves as editor of one of the most prestigious academic journals, The Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society. He reside swith his family in Wake Forest, North Carolina.

Raymond Bouchoc is a computer specialist who has earned the Ph.D. in biblical studies from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He currently resides in Charles Town, West Virginia.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1536 pages
• Publisher: B&H Academic (May 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0805424571
• ISBN-13: 978-0805424577
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.1 x 2.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #676,419 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Andreas J. Köstenberger is Director of Ph.D. Studies and Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina. He is the author of numerous works on John, including his commentary in the Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament series, 'John' in Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament, and 'John' in Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource for deeper study, August 12, 2005

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M. Hite (Denver, CO.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Book Study Concordance (Hardcover)

If you have interest in the Greek New Testament the Book Study Concordance is a must have in your library. Breaking down Greek words BY BOOK is an excellent way to analyze the text and the word frequency lists for each book allow you to see keywords more easily. While a number of software packages can do this type of reporting this book is invaluable for quick reference.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent tool., February 8, 2007

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Mr. G. Todd "Gerry" (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Book Study Concordance (Hardcover)

This is more of a correction to the previous reviewer's score of only one star based on the on the fact that this book gives no verb parsing or other grammatical help.

Does he not realise that this is a Concordance?
It is not an Analytical Lexicon, which it seems he mistakes it for.
Therefore it is not meant to give grammatical information of the kind he would like.

The book itself is of very good quality in terms of its physical materials.
Sewn binding, very clear quality print and well set out.

A book by by book study of terms used can be of a great help to any exegete who wishes to study the vocabulary of a given writer for example.
The NT writers often used the same term in a different way in the same letter or Gospel.
This concordance gives enough line context to enable one to see how that term is used in any given NT writing.
Kostenberger and Bouchoc have provided the NT student with a very helpful tool.
Whilst it does not render the use of a standard Concordance superflous, it certainly gives an added usefulness and angle to concordance work.

3 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not a Good Buy, September 13, 2006

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Randall P. Bachman (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Book Study Concordance (Hardcover)

I found this book to be slightly above useless. It doesn't really help with anything I can see, unless you really want to get details on word count by book. If you are into that get software. I wanted a concordance that would give me verb parsings and noun forms on difficult words during the course of a Bible-book study. This tome doesn't help with either. It is really just a large print-out of a computer search. I think Kostengerger could have made it a great one-stop-shop if he simple adds the declension and parsing information with each word form. But as it is its a no-stop-shop.