[B-Greek] UBS2 Distinctiveness
Suttles, Andrew C. (GRC-DSI0)
Andrew.C.Suttles at nasa.gov
Thu Jul 24 07:57:33 EDT 2008
Robert -
Thanks for the response. It's very interesting to note that UBS has
moved closer to W-H. I would have thought W-H was the baseline and the
text moved slightly away from it through various editions. What was the
working base for UBS1, if any?
Thanks again,
Andrew Suttles
Cleveland, OH
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>Wieland wrote:
>Simplified one could say that the UBS editions where a
>stepwise convergence to the Nestle-Aland 26th ed., coming from
>Westcott-Hort.
>>
>>
>
>Dear Andrew and all,
>According to Kent D. Clarke
>"The general scholarly consensus placed the USBGNT3 closer
>than previous UBSGNT editions to the text presented by
>Westcott and Hort." He cites many references in his notes to
>this effect. (Textual Optimism page 62)
>
>Differences between UBS2 & UBS3 include:
>Around 500 changes, mostly to do with bracketed text.
>Many of the changes were mutual editing bringing the text
>closer to Nestle-Aland Elimination of highlighting of
>allusions and literary echoes The letter rating system for
>varients tended to down grade them, presenting "a less confident text".
>
>Then there was the UBS3 corrected edition which was a further
>step toward Nestle-Aland
>
>So if you enjoy the feature of the OT quotations standing out,
>the second edition will serve you well, since that feature
>apparently got dropped.
>
>Regards
>Robert Newman
>
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