What Greek Bible should you buy? (my recommendation)

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[BiblicalStudiesandReviews]

Thanks so much for the shout out to our new project for a Byzantine Greek New Testament! Really appreciate it. And just to be clear, none of the men who worked on our project are KJV only or TR only. (The RP text varies from the the TR in over 1800 places.) Great video!

[markelmore]

Back in 1989 I was at the University of Georgia majoring in New Testament Textual Criticism and got my first NA 28 Greek NT and have used it ever since. I got to meet one of its editors, Bruce Metzger during a department colloquium in 1990 and hear him speak about his book “Manuscripts of The Greek Bible”. Afterwards, he autographed my copy - which I have till this day. I loved that he embodied the idea of a faithful believer and a world renowned scholar at the same time. I felt like an oddball in such a secular department and thanks to him I felt validated because I know some of my fellow Religion majors and professors laughed at me behind my back - and Bruce Mezger showed you can have faith and be an honest scholar. He was a meek and gentle man and regret his passing. I don’t think he would be happy with where these new text critical trends are going. At any rate, my NA 28 is all marked up with notes and commentary and I will treasure it till the day I die.

[briteddy]

I use the THGNT. I follow the Daily Dose of Greek. They use a different Greek text, and I am amazed at how rare it is for the text to differ.

Thanks for this overview. It is helpful. It takes an effort to understand the varios text traditions. Anything helps.

[juliafalling]

Thank you for the very helpful overview. I have been using the Tyndale GNT in Accordance for a couple of years, having the same reservations about the CBGM that you have expressed. I am not a scholar, but a serious student who got a late start (at 56) and have been plugging away at Koine Greek ever since (now 72).

[larrykraft]

Delighted to have your video pop up in my feed today! Thank you for making it.

About your point at 5:39, can you give an example or two of a passage in NA 28 where they use a translation rather than an early Greek text? Thanks again.

[bretwalker]

I have the SBL in Kindle and on OliveTree Bible app, but as a new student of Greek I am currently working through Tyndale's New Greek-English Interlinear NT. It also has the NRSV text in parallel in the margins. Not strictly a Greek NT but very useful for getting in the water. The pages are pretty thin, though, and I will probably look into the Tyndale GNT that you mentioned.

[alexandersmith]

I have the UBS 1 and 4 and NA 28. The 4th Ed is what I primarily use for morning devotions. The 1st Ed is kept at the church for reference. After completing first year Greek, I purchased the NA 28 as a gift to myself. However, after reading the foreword, I understand your concerns with it going forward. Things are becoming quite interesting. I plan to get the THGT soon.

[sethtbaguley]

I'm the same as you mate - I use a Tyndale GNT because it's actually a usable and beautiful Bible. As I'm memorizing the GNT, I use the Tyndale when I get chance to sit down, but I use Logos for Tyndale, SBLGNT, NA28 and RP on the go on my phone. This is great fun because I get to pick up subtle differences that I would otherwise miss e.g. Romans 1:3 - Δαυὶδ in SBLGNT lacks the ε that's in the Tyndale. Irrelevant to translation, but still helps me memorize more deeply because it gives me more "hooks" on the page to locate myself to when I'm struggling to recite.

[GordonA-Jr]

I had printed off the SBL that you gave on your site but am looking to grab a Tyndale

[stevenmccarthy]

Thank you for this brief comment on the major options available. My wife gave me the THGNT a few years ago and it is printed beautifully and great to use. I used the UBS GNT for many years on and off but the main problem I now have is focussing on the text! At 65 it has become very difficult to see the smaller marks, especially the breathing ones of course. Just realised this gives a whole new meaning to doing a close reading of the text. I use a magnifying sheet which helps slightly, but nevertheless the THGNT is a wonderful blessing. The brief intro they published which you have mentioned before is an interesting read.

[kwamedix]

THGNT is by far my favorite to read from, although I do like the way the NA28 italicize scripture references indicating the writer is quoting the OT.

[chancylvania]

I’ve been using Tyndales. I like the font and the simple layout. I also like that they go with 5 century or earlier (except for Rev) witnesses.

[raysalmon]

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what we today call the middle east and all the way down into india as well and so greek attic greek particularly spread to all of these areas and

bc of alexander's work and bc of the conquests he did attic greek became the language of government and even of culture and it became the language that every single place that he would conquer

would end up having to work in often first by reading and writing but later on by speaking the language as well and as that happened the language changed even as far as from one location to another as different languages had different influences on the greek language itself so koine greek is this language this attic language that was spread throughout the world
Koine Greek: What is it? Where did it come from? And who should learn it?

[GordonA-Jr]

Got my early answer last night but watched this anyway 😆
Thanks Darryl

[SibleySteve]

Great video. My first was 1988's UBS 3, I liked it for its dictionary and tan paper. Then I got caught up with the NA 26 and fell in love with the way that NA lays flat on a table and pocket size. Now I'm ALL IN for the THGNT, I have two of them, a Reader and a soft cover. I noticed in the bookstore, that the hard cover Tyndale has the best number of appendices. I bought the soft imitation leather thinking I would get all those great appendices that I saw in the hard back, and I was a little disappointed that each Tyndale has a different set of appendices, lemma indices, dictionary, etc. I will only buy the Tyndale from Crossway from here on out, but I do appreciate the UBS and NA for their lay-flat ability, the tan paper, and the dictionary in the UBS. But the philosophy of the THGNT is the one for me - oldest is best, I feel the same way about the LXX, I want the oldest text. Great video. Love your content. One day I hope to have a LXX & THGNT bound together.

[philtheo]

Next question: which Hebrew Old Testament to use? 😊

[Skadagisgi]

I need to get back to using hardcopy versions of the Greek NT, but what I have been using is a digital version of the Apostolic Bible Polyglot, a MySword version. I also use the language feature on Logos to find the meaning of words on Logos versions of the BDAG and Thayer's Greek lexicons. I have hard copies, but I'll need to remind myself of what text tradition they are. I have an interlinear Bible done by I think a Jay Green(?), and I have a readers' version of the UBS (I think) and I think the author of my third Greek Bible is another interlinear done by a guy with the last name Reynolds.

[alcuinus]

Thanks a lot, I use to Byzantine version

[jasoncampbell]

Great as always! Would love to see your channel have more content on Hebrew. Seems to be an area where YouTube is somewhat lacking and since I'm currently learning Hebrew in Grad School, I know I'd greatly appreciate it (as would others), especially if you did this for Hebrew Bibles you'd recommend. Tyndale has a great Hebrew Bible. Really like this video!

[davidpetersonharvey]

I got the Tyndale Greek NT last week; I've been wanting it since last year. I got the hardback and it's really nice. I absolutely love it and appreciate the recommendation. I was using a BLB app with the Septuagint and love having a hardcopy NT in Greek to practice reading.