[B-Greek] Very interesting GNT, _A Readers Greek New Testament_

Raymond Regalado fwgk5942 at mb.infoweb.ne.jp
Tue Apr 27 07:17:20 EDT 2004


On 2004.4.27, at 12:17  PM, Patrick Narkinsky wrote:

> [1] I really wish they used the UBS4 text instead of "the text behind 
> the NIV".   I would feel more comfortable with a text that was not 
> quite so arbitrary.

Is the UBS4 text any less "arbitrary" than the "text behind the NIV"?  
It's a matter of choosing among the variants, and the NIV translators 
had their own reasons for their choices, which I don't know if they're 
any less valid reasons than the UBS4 editors'.  But I guess that is a 
topic for the text criticism list...

> [4] The format is less than ideal: the book is tall, wide, and thin.  
> I would much rather it be smaller and fatter like the UBS4 to fit in 
> pockets in my briefcase.

I agree.

Warm Regards,

Raymond Regalado
Tokyo, Japan




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