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

Eric Weiss papaweiss1 at yahoo.com
Fri Apr 30 14:40:01 EDT 2004


Wesley Perschbacher used the sans-apparatus UBS3 text for his REFRESH YOUR GREEK.
 
Oxford's THE PRECISE PARALLEL NEW TESTAMENT likewises uses UBS4 without the apparatus for the Greek text in its Greek + 7 English translations New Testament.
 
Tyndale House's THE NEW GREEK-ENGLISH INTERLINEAR NEW TESTAMENT (Brown, Comfort, Douglas) uses UBS4, with some minor translation notes, but certainly not the apparatus.
 
Zondervan's THE GREEK NEW TESTAMENT: UBS4 WITH NRSV & NIV (Kohlenberger) was "A Greek New Testament featuring the most up-to-date critical text available--the fourth edition of the United Bible Societies' Greek New Testament (UBS4). In addition, the full texts of the NRSV and the NIV are given in parallel columns, complete with footnotes. The Greek readings from the apparatus of UBS4 that represent the NRSV and NIV footnotes are also included."

In other words, United Bible Societies has NOT been averse to letting publishers print the UBS text without the apparatus. Plus, in the past they let Zondervan use it for their UBS4 with NRSV and NIV parallel New Testament. That they didn't respond to Zondervan's requests in the case of the RGNT is unfortunate, and their reason(s) for not doing so is/are perplexing.
> > "I have read with interest the comments about the RGNT. Our original 
> > goal was to go with the UBS 4 text. For six months I attempted through phone 
> > calls and emails to get the rights from the Bible Society to use the text, 
> > but no one at their office would respond to me. I am not sure why..."

> I know why. Because the Bible Society has a horrible track record in 
> this regard. However, to their defense, the desire to prevent the 
> printing of the UBS/NA text in formats that don't include the the 
> apparatus is really a testimony to the notion that the "standard text" 
> should not be canonized. But all this was as expected. The RGNT is not 
> an inferior text because anyone is accusing Zondervan of wanting to use 
> an inferior text. They knew it'd sell more if it used the academic 
> standard text. It's simply that because of logistics and cost factors, 
> they used this reconstructed text, and so now the project is less than 
> it could have been.

 


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