Some thoughts on a new NA

Matthew A. Eby ebymatt at yahoo.com
Mon Jul 8 23:10:03 EDT 2002


--- Wieland Willker <willker at chemie.uni-bremen.de> wrote:
> 10) It would be very helpful for the reader's orientation to add
> headings like those in the UBS GNT.

About the only major point wherewith I disagree is this one.  One of
the reasons I (and many others) use NA rather than UBS is the absence
of the headings--the UBS headings disrupt the flow of thought (I'm
thinking especially of those in the epistles) and (in my experience)
tend to give the reader a false sense of disconnection between the
various "subdivisions."  Moreover, much of the time I entirely disagree
with the editors' choice of topical heading.  (Personally I would even
like to see paragraph breaks removed, but I won't be too pushy). 
Basically, in the pursuit of inductive exegesis, I like a text that
allows the reader to make as many of these sorts of interpretive
decisions as possible.

My thoughts,

Matthew Eby
Student, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

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