[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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