[B-Greek] Inexpensive pocket-sized Greek NTs
Sunil Kothari
skothari01 at hotmail.com
Wed Nov 17 18:34:45 EST 2010
Thank you very much. One more question, if that is OK.
Would a modern Greek speaker/reader read a version of the GNT in Modern Greek or would the version they use be the Koine?
Thank you.
Sunil Kothari
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Inexpensive pocket-sized Greek NTs
> From: cwconrad2 at mac.com
> Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:35:07 -0500
> CC: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> To: skothari01 at hotmail.com
>
> As I think this was really intended to the list, I'll take the liberty of cc'ing my reply. CWC
>
> On Nov 17, 2010, at 4:28 PM, Sunil Kothari wrote:
>
> > Beginner's question:
> >
> > 1. Linguistically, is the language in these editions quite similar to Koine?
> > 2. Textually, would they be fairly similar to something like the UBS version?
> >
> > Sorry to ask such basic questions.
>
> Basic questions should be welcome here.
>
> The language IS in fact Koine Greek, not a whit different from the Greek of the UBS edition.
> Where this differs from the UBS4 and NA27 edition lies in the text-critical decisions of the
> editors. This one is what's called the "Byzantine recension" or Majority Text, which is based
> upon a consensus of a a majority of the manuscripts of the Greek New Testament; the "critical
> text" of UBS4 and NA27 is based upon an editorial committee's judgment of what the reading
> of the earliest manuscripts must have been. Others may offer you more sophisticated explanations
> than this. The fact is, however, that there are relatively few differences of real significance
> between the two texts. Unless you feel you have your own solid grounding in the area of
> textual criticism, you are going to have to rely upon a text of the Greek NT based upon
> the judgment of one or another set of experts.
>
> Carl W. Conrad
>
>
> > > From: cwconrad2 at mac.com
> > > Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:28:27 -0500
> > > To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> > > CC: Rleedy at bju.edu
> > > Subject: [B-Greek] Inexpensive pocket-sized Greek NTs
> > >
> > > A former and erstwhile quite active list-member, Randy Leedy of Bob Jones University in Greenville, SC, has written me
> > > and asked that I post the following announcement which he thinks -- and I too think -- will be of interest to some of our
> > > list-members:
> > >
> > > ========
> > > After visiting Greece this past summer, I arranged to import some shirt-pocket-sized Greek NTs and also some slightly larger, but still vest-pocket sized. These are smaller than anything I'm aware has been for sale in the U.S. for a good many years. The small one, by the way, is not for the visually challenged, but its type is excellent in clarity.
> > >
> > > The Campus Store at Bob Jones University has these GNTs available on its website at $16.99 per copy, plus shipping, available in red or black. Availability is limited, and whether these will become a regular stock item has not yet been determined. As a matter of disclosure, I am not profiting personally from the sale of these Greek NTs.
> > >
> > > The web site is http://www.bjucampusstore.com/ePOS?this_category=136&store=468&sort_by=0&set_count_cookie=YES&listtype=begin&item_qty=100&form=shared3%2fgm%2fbrowse.html&design=468¤t_total_count=19
> > >
> > > The text is the Patriarchal Text of 1904 as used in Greek Orthodoxy, a Byzantine-type text drawn from the manuscripts at Mount Athos.
> > >
> > > Blessings in Christ! (Acts 3:26),
> > >
> > > Randy Leedy
> > > ========
> > >
> > > Carl W. Conrad
> > > Co-Chair, B-Greek List
> > > Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
> > >
> > >
> > >
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>
> Carl W. Conrad
> Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
>
>
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