[B-Greek] GNT Copyright issues-what we can use

Tom Moore tom at katabiblon.com
Mon Mar 30 18:01:10 EDT 2009


Dr. Buth egrapse:
>As a final piece of this anecdote, let me add that the Robinson-Pierpont
Byzantine text is a wonderful piece of work. It is copyrighted to protect the
text and is offered to all for free use. While I happily lean toward
the Alexandrian text as best claim to 'original', the Byzantine text is also 
an excellent textual base and has been in use in the Greek speaking lands 
without a competitor, ever. Which is not too shabby a claim, either.

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Note that the Robinson-Pierpont has an apparatus identifying all NA27/UBS4 variants. The differences are frequently minor or insignificant, such as a preposition added here or dropped there, or simple changes in word order; but over time one also starts to get a consistent sense of what appears to be the hand of an editor at work, where rougher Alexandrian readings are replaced by smoother Byzantine readings; for example, hINA + future being replaced by hINA + subjunctive. I find places where my Englishing of the NA/UBS reading ends up agreeing more closely with the Byzantine reading. 

I opted for the Robinson-Pierpoint text on the Kata Biblon site for its copyright status, but I have really come to appreciate being able to see the differences in the two texts side-by-side. I woulda used NA/UBS if I coulda, but I now personally like having R-P instead.

Regards,
Tom Moore
www.katabiblon.com



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