Comments on: A Reader’s Greek New Testament 2nd Ed.: Bible Review

By: Dimitrius

Dimitrius — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:11:08 +0000

Hello! I was using for about an year UBS4 taken in Rotterdam book-store in Holland for my devotions. Now when I’ve find Zondervan’s One, I think for reading and meditations this one’s best choise fom me, because then your aim is the DIVING in the DEEPS of GOD’s WORD for yourself it’s not nesaserely having manuscript’s reading variant, but take out lexicon for a time is good sometame. So i’ve ordered my Reader’s GNT via CBD and waiting for him-then guy from DHL will put this one to my hand.And even one thing is good-the Greatest Book in The universe( GOD’s WORD) must have a attractive representetion!

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By: Terry Delaney

Terry Delaney — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:07:30 +0000

@Jerry: so your real issue is more stylistic than anything else?

@Dr. Verbrugge: Thank you for your clarifying comments. I agree that if you are going to do serious study, you should use the two greek manuscripts that are in use today. I believe this is similar to the way many prepare for a sermon when they use more than one translation of the Bible.

@James: Thank you for letting us know where to find a cheaper version of the UBS Reader.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:49:38 +0000

I have both the Zondervan and the UBS Reader’s GNT. I much prefer the UBS, due to:

1) better font
2) better numbering and format of page bottom lexical aids.

By: James

James — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:47:53 +0000

Terry,

You can get it from a few places, including Eisenbrauns (we don’t have it in stock right now), CBD, etc.

James

By: Verlyn D. Verbrugge

Verlyn D. Verbrugge — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:26:47 +0000

As the Zondervan editor of RGNT, let me weigh in on a couple of issues. Yes, the first edition was an italic font, similar to what is in the earlier Nestle-Aland Greek texts. But because so many today are used to a non-italic font and we received comments from them, we decided to move to a non-italic font. When we did our second edition, we also decided to add some maps in the back, and we added a ribbon (unfortunately, the ribbon did not get into the first printing,but it is there now).

It is true that the text we used is the one that underlies the TNIV, with footnotes as to how each different reading varies from the UBS text. Textual criticism is a big topic that requires training in understanding how scholars decide between readings. We did not include the defense of each choice because this is not the purpose of a READER’S Greek New Testament. In order to investigate the manuscript evidence for each variant reading, you will need either the NA27 or UBS4 Greek text.

By: Terry Delaney

Terry Delaney — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:16:41 +0000

@James: Thank you for that information. I had no clue. Do you by chance know where it can be purchased on-line?

By: James

James — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:13:21 +0000

Terry,

There is now a paperback version of the UBS Reader. It costs about $20.00, on sale.

James

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