[B-Greek] Text questions and recommendations

James Spinti JSpinti at Eisenbrauns.com
Mon Feb 11 09:36:00 EST 2008


Matthew,

UBS 3 is essentially the same as UBS 4; the main difference is the type
face and a few more papyri being cited in the apparatus. NA 27/28 and
the UBS 3 & 4 use the same Greek text, the difference is in the
apparatus, where NA is vastly superior.

You probably have either BAG or BAGD. Check the copyright; if it is in
the 1950's you have BAG, in the late 1970's, you have BAGD. Both are
valuable, vastly superior to any other NT lexicon in English, except
BDAG (and possibly Louw-Nida), which I would highly recommend.

As for the Septuagint (LXX), if you want a Greek text only, then a
version of Rahlfs, either the 1979 edition (ISBN 3-438-05121-4), or the
newer, 2006 edition (ISBN 978-3-438-05119-6).  If you can get your hands
on an older two volume edition, you might consider picking it up;
someday your eyes will thank you :)
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HTH,
James

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org 
> [mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Blair
> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 5:01 PM
> To: blist greek
> Subject: [B-Greek] Text questions and recommendations
> 
> 
> Dear B-Greek list,
> 
> I received the following texts from one of my priests when he 
> discovered
> that I had started the study of Koine Greek:
> 
> UBS 3rd edition of the GNT
> 
> BDAG, 2nd edition (I think - I don't see the "A" in BDAG, but 
> it is titled:
> A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian
> Literature, and is green and big)
> 
> The New Analytical Greek Lexicon (Perschbacher)
> 
> An Index to the Revised Bauer-Arndt-Gingrich Greek Lexicon 2nd Edition
> (Alsop)
> 
> Lexical Aids for Students of New Testament Greek (Metzger)
> 
> Since I am a beginner (I *just* started verbs in Mounce's 
> BBG), I haven't
> really used any of these yet except for the GNT when I am 
> reading aloud for
> practice.
> 
> My questions:
> 
> 1) As these are all older texts, is there any value in moving 
> to more recent
> editions?
> 
> 2) If I wanted to pick up the Septaguinta, which text should I buy?
> 
> 3) Are there any differences between the UBS GNT and the 
> NA(27 or 28?)?
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> 
> Matthew
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