[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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