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

Patrick Narkinsky patrick at narkinsky.com
Tue Apr 27 18:27:52 EDT 2004


On Apr 27, 2004, at 7:17 AM, Raymond Regalado wrote:

> 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...

Well, the UBS4 is standardized, and it is generally recognized that the 
committee approached the issue without too many axes to grind.  The 
"NIV Greek text" has not been subjected to that kind of review, so I 
really don't know what kinds of agendas might lie behind it.   (The 
analysis of possible agendas is obviously beyond the scope of this list 
so I would prefer we didn't go their.)

I still use it, and I'm fairly happy with it, but I really do wish it 
was a standard text.  As it is, I read the RGNT for "casual" reading 
and use the UBS4 for serious study - but it would be nice if I didn't 
have to.

Patrick

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