[B-Greek] Introduction
Garret
garret at shaw.ca
Wed Oct 8 15:59:11 EDT 2003
Thanks for all the support and help with the Greek text.
I owned a copy of the UBS and based on the info gracefully supplied here I
just got my copy of the Nestle-Aland 27th edition.
I can see why the type issue was raised, for me I like both for different
reasons. I like the UBS for its style (the typeset is picturesque) and its
attention to form and text criticism based on pericopes. I found the Greek
New Testament (UBS) apparatus restricted to selected passages, it seemed to
be aimed at translators. Novum Testamentum Graece apparatus on the other
hand (at first glance at least) seems to be more extensive, giving detail to
the transmission of the text in an earlier period.
For me anyways I like Novum Testamentum Graece apparatus, much more
detailed, just what I was looking for. Now I if I can start to read it
fluently I will be set.
I am looking forward to reading these pots I have already learnt so much.
Thanks and God Bless.
On 10/6/03 11:31 PM, "Michael G. Oravecz" <moravecz at praxtech.com> wrote:
> Garet wrote:
>>> October 06, 2003 4:48 PM
>>> Is there any other Greek New Testament that is
>>> used by Greek scholars other than the UBS?
>
> There are (at least) two main versions of the Greek New Testament used by
> scholars.
>
> 1) The Alexandrian texttype. This is the text in the UBS 4th edition and the
> Nestle-Aland 27th edition. The UBS and N-A editions now provide the same
> text, but each has its own critical apparatus. This is an eclectic version
> of the New Testament put together by a group of scholars based on their text
> critical view of the known manuscripts. The UBS and N-A editions, although
> eclectic, are largely considered to represent the Alexandrian texttype. The
> UBS and N-A New Testament is influenced by Westcott and Hort (1881).
>
> 2) The Byzantine/Majority texttype. This text is largely based on the Greek
> New Testament manuscripts used in the medieval Byzantine Empire (Eastern
> Roman Empire) and in the commonwealth regions which were strongly influenced
> by Byzantine culture. (The Slavic regions being one of the largest of such
> commonwealth regions.) There are several very similar but not identical
> versions of this text:
> Recent scholarship has provided :
> - Byzantine/Majority textform by Robinson and Pierpont, 1991
> - Majority text by Hodges and Farstad, 1985
> Somewhat older scholarship has provided (these are probably the same, but I
> am not certain):
> - The approved text of the Patriarch of Constantinople, published first in
> 1904 by B. Antoniades
> - the Original Patriarch text as it is used by the Greek Orthodox Church
>
> The Original Patriarchal text can be downloaded in MS Word format from the
> following sites:
> http://kainh.homestead.com/English.html
> http://kainh.homestead.com/Greek.html
>
> The various versions of the Received Text (Textus Receptus) are similar to
> the Byzantine/Majority text since the Received Text was based on Byzantine
> Greek manuscripts. The Received Text is used for historical scholarship
> purposes.
>
> Other texttypes used in current scholarship include the Western and
> Caesarean.
>
> Best wishes,
> Mike Oravecz
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Garret" <garret at shaw.ca>
> To: "B-Greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 4:48 PM
> Subject: [B-Greek] Introduction
>
>
>> Hi all,
>> My name is Garret Parsons and I just subscribed to this group.
>> I am training to become a Pastor, taking the "Certificate in Ministry"
>> course at Regent Collage (Vancouver BC, Canada). I have been an artist for
>> 30 years, so this is quite a change for me.
>>
>> I was surprised that learning Greek is not a requirement anymore, even
>> though the collage does express that it would be helpful at least to
>> understand the alphabet. I find Greek to be fascinating and I am more
>> comfortable with Greek than English. ;-). I have bought quite a few books
> on
>> learning Greek and have bought the Greek New Testament, UBS (Kurt Aland)
>> forth addition.
>>
>> I will most likely just lurk most of the time since my Greek is not at the
>> caliber that is obvious here, but I do have one question.
>>
>> Is there any other Greek New Testament that is used by Greek scholars
> other
>> than the UBS? Just interested.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> -Garret
>>
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Garret Parsons
Youth Minister
(Lay Minister)
Northmount Baptist Church
Certificate in Ministry
Cary Theological Collage,
Regent Collage.
E-mail: garret at shaw.ca
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