The Tyndale House Greek New Testament Reader's Edition

A review of the Tyndale House Greek New Testament Reader's Edition, published by Crossway. My copy is a sturdy black hardback with a slipcase, a Smyth sewn binding, heavy paper, little show through, and an attractive 9.5 point font. Brief definitions and parsing information are provided on each page for words that occur fewer than 25 times in the Greek New Testament. It includes a 498-word glossary in the back, and a very helpful appendix entitled "Surface Forms to Lemmas." ISBN 9781433564154.

Contents

00:00 Details (three charts) -- dimensions, layout, font, margins, paper ...
01:14 Size compared to the standard Tyndale House Greek New Testament
01:29 Size compared to the United Bible Societies Fifth Edition (UBS5) Greek New Testament
03:09 Font in the text
04:15 The text is line matched
04:35 The font in the footnotes
05:10 Paper characteristics (weight, texture, color, opacity, reflectivity)
05:50 Print non-uniformity
07:45 Appendix: Surface Forms to Lemmas
08:18 Appendix: Glossary
08:55 The ribbon marker
09:10 Head and tail bands
09:25 The title page
09:48 The copyright page
10:05 The table of contents
10:40 The preface
12:29 How to use the footnotes
14:00 How to use "Surface Forms to Lemmas"
15:08 A close-up of the typeface
16:13 The font compared to the font in the UBS5 Reader's Edition
17:17 Footnote comparison -- Tyndale House vs UBS5 Reader's Editions in Luke Chapter One
18:24 A close-up of "Surface Forms to Lemmas"
18:30 The Tyndale House Reader's Edition's glossary compared to the UBS5 dictionary
18:52 Summary of differences between the Tyndale House and UBS5 Reader's Editions
19:30 What makes the Tyndale House Greek New Testament unique?
21:28 Nine instances where the Tyndale House Greek New Testament rejects UBS5 {A} readings
22:25 Some other noteworthy differences between THGNT and UBS5
22:30 Summary

[joelfreehling]

Thanks for this review; it’s very helpful!

I’ve been wanting a copy of this Reader’s Edition ever since I learned about it. Not knowing its release date at the time, I was torn between getting the standard version or waiting for the Reader’s Edition. I’d long been eyeing/dreaming of Cambridge’s brown cowhide version when I happened to catch a final copy available on Amazon one night with a price drop of 48% (couldn’t pass that up!). Shortly thereafter (just my luck) the date for the Reader’s Edition was announced and that there was going to be a leather version. A few emails with Crossway confirmed my hope that it’d be edge lined instead of a pastedown like the Cambridge (so I’d say it’s probably the nicest Greek NT on the market currently). I also got see an early sample of the interior; so thankful the glosses are in columns instead of the single columned jumbled look found in some Reader’s (like Zondervan’s). So, I just may have to go with a hardback since I’ve already made my ‘splurge’ with the Cambridge standard edition ;). The hardbacks Crossway puts out do look very nice indeed!

P.S. - In direct relation to the THGNT (if you don’t know already, or anyone else for that matter), a book is to be published from Crossway in May by Dirk Jongkind entitled ‘An Introduction to the Greek New Testament: Produced at Tyndale House, Cambridge’. It certainly piqued my interests, especially after seeing the Table of Contents. You can see the full description and the just mentioned Table of Contents on the page for it on Crossway’s site under the ‘book’s’ section. The full info on Christianbook and Amazon is oddly/currently a bit lacking.

[Christ-or-Chaos]

@ 9:34 Lol!!! I see someone else watched that video! Great stuff!!!

[David-dckq]

Sir, I am a Masters theology student with a rudimentary working greek. I'm looking to get a Greek NT as I continue my studies. I know you said thatbthis edition is a more advanced reader's edition than the ubs5, but which do you find more valuable over all?

[polyglot]

Are there any more portable dual language Greek-English new testament editions that you know of? I'm looking for a Greek-English NT that is more easily carried around.

[BlockBusterGraphicWorks]

Would like to see your review of your logos complete study Bible when you get a chance.

[andymontoya]

What do you mean Williams doesn't believe in the Septuagint?

[Menosaverus]

Review the Complete Hebrew.Greek bible.