[B-Greek] What NT Bible do you recommend for a newcomer?
Jim West
jwest at highland.net
Fri May 12 14:58:53 EDT 2006
Nancy Hill wrote:
>
> I'm hoping that you might have a recommendation
> for a Bible that has both languages or one that
> is the New Testament Greek by itself (we have
> been able to find lots of versions of the Old
> Testament in Hebrew so that is not a problem).
>
> If you were just starting out and had zero
> knowledge of ancient Greek, which NT Bible would
> you get?
>
> Thanks very much for your help.
As far as a Hebrew text is concerned, the standard is BHS (Biblia
Hebraica Stuttgartensia). It's available in paperback-
http://www.bibles.com/products//ABS_NEW/111604.aspx
I don't know what editions you have - but BHS is the scholarly standard
and others are, frankly, not quite so good (except for BHQ- but it's
just in process).
And, concerning Greek-
This is the one to get:
http://www.bibles.com/products//ABS_NEW/112823.aspx
Again, it is the standard text.
If you want a bible which contains BHS for the OT and NA-27 for the New,
then you will want to invest in this:
http://www.bibles.com/products//ABS_NEW/105597.aspx
Its kind of pricey- and maybe someone on list has a used copy they might
part with. But it really is excellent to have the Hebrew OT and the
Greek NT under one cover.
Hope this helps- and best wishes to your son in his studies.
Jim
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