[B-Greek] GNT Copyright issues-what we can use
Michael Aubrey
mga318 at yahoo.com
Mon Mar 30 21:04:49 EDT 2009
Well, the Supreme Court has very little authority in Germany...and parts of Europe doesn't recognize the concept of "public domain."
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From: Mark Lightman <lightmanmark at yahoo.com>
To: Randall Buth <randallbuth at gmail.com>; B Greek <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>; Tom Moore <tom at katabiblon.com>
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 5:43:10 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] GNT Copyright issues-what we can use
In her audio recordings, Marily Phemster uses Westcott-Hort instead of
NA27 for the same copyright reasons. What's funny is that often on my
walks, I will listen to Phemster while following along on my Zondervan's
Reader's Greek NT. Zondervan could not use NA 27 either, so they
came up with a slightly different text. I have NEVER noticed any differences
between WH and the Zondervan text. They are there, but so minor that this whole
business of copyrighting the Greek NT should be struck down by the Supreme
Court on the basis of what Freud called the Neurosis of Small DIfferences, to
mix metaphors a bit.
I think textual criticism is outside the scope of the list, but since Randall
brought it up...Robinson Pierpont does include hundreds of readings which
are, by the standard criteria, "more difficult" than NA27. Of course NA27
overall has a greater number of more difficult readings, but NA27 very
often will not even list RP's more difficult readings in their apparatus.
All of this is just to say that if people stopped buying NA 27/UBS 4 stuff
(except for used copies) and looked for alternatives, it would be a good
thing, and would serve them right for trying to copyright what they
seem to think is the new Received Text.
Mark L
--- On Mon, 3/30/09, Tom Moore <tom at katabiblon.com> wrote:
From: Tom Moore <tom at katabiblon.com>
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] GNT Copyright issues-what we can use
To: "Randall Buth" <randallbuth at gmail.com>, "B Greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Monday, March 30, 2009, 4:01 PM
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.
***
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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