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There are several very good Greek texts from which
to choose. The following are based on their ease of use and being
mindful that we are not all at the same level of proficiency or
knowledge of New Testament Greek.
The first category
of texts is
Greek-English interlinears. One should not become too dependent
upon an interlinear, for it is not a substitute for understanding how
the Greek language itself works.
Greek-English
Interlinear
For the beginning to
intermediate student, a Greek-English interlinear may be helpful in
continuing to read Greek. The interlinear helps to bridge between
the "not yet" and "want-to-be" proficiency in
reading New Testament Greek. An interlinear is not the ideal, but
it is the reality for most students who have or who are presently
studying Greek. The downside of using an interlinear is trusting
too much in the interlinear English that is below the corresponding
Greek word.
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The
Interlinear NASB-NIV Parallel New Testament in Greek and English
Alfred Marshall, interlinear
translation
Alfred Marshall's interlinear is
one of several available, and is of very high quality. Marshall uses the
so-called "critical text." The full texts of the NASB
and the NIV are also given in parallel columns. Marshall's
translation is for the most part reliable, his textual choice is as
adequate as others available texts, and he does a good job
attempting to convey Greek verb tenses into English.
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The Greek
New Testament: USB4 with NRSV & NIV
John R. Kohlenberger III, editor
Although not set in a true interlinear
style, this volume is the only parallel New Testament with the UBS3
(corrected) Greek text, as well as the NIV and NRSV. In addition
to the complete UBS4 text, full texts of the NRSV and the NIV are listed
in parallel columns. The work is complete with footnotes
that provide scope,
contrast, and insight as you compare the Greek text with two
contemporary translations. Greek readings are from the critical
apparatus of UBS4 that support variants in the NRSV and NIV text and
footnotes are included. If your proficiency in Greek is
growing, this is the one to purchase, otherwise, purchase
Marshall's.
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The
"In-Betweens"
Far much better than a Greek-English
interlinear, but not quite yet reading from a "stand-alone"
Greek text, these tools come as close as it gets without actually having
any helps. Properly diagramming a paragraph comes from a broad
knowledge of Greek, and not importing English idiom into the Greek
language. This comes from repeated exposure to the Greek language,
and this means reading the text over and over--there is no
substitute. Many students begin learning Greek with intentions to
read it fluently within a couple of years, however, in most cases this
does not happen. The answer to this problem is, "Don't
stop--get help!
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Refresh Your
Greek
by Wesley
J. Perschbacher
The purpose of this volume is to
make the bridge to reading and translating the Greek New Testament with
ease, understanding, and an increasing measure of speed. At the
beginning of each NT book there is a supplementary list of words to aid
the reader. Contained in the footnotes are grammatical and
syntactical notes. These will be of enormously help for anyone
diagramming the GNT. Most everything necessary to read the Greek
text is included within this one volume.
This work is suitable for those who
cannot yet read the Greek New Testament without any helps and do not wish to use an
interlinear.
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Analytical Greek
New Testament
by
Timothy and Barbara Friberg
The editors perform a much needed
service to all those students of the New Testament who cannot remember
the marvels of Koiné Greek morphology and syntax. Each word of the
Greek New Testament is analyzed in terms of tense, number, person,
gender, etc. A simple alpha-numeric code provides the key to
parsing any word. Companion volumes by the same authors use this
analyzed text to provide lexical and grammatical concordances of the
entire Greek New Testament.
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Greek
Texts
The following Greek texts represent only a
few that are available. With good intentions, beginning Greek
students obtain one, only to feel needlessly intimidated. It is
highly recommended that before purchasing a "stand-alone"
Greek New Testament, unless you are confident in your ability to read
Greek without any help, Wesley J. Perschbacher's, Refresh Your Greek,
would be a better choice.
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The Greek New
Testament
Edited by Kurt Aland, Matthew Black
The 4th edition is the same
as the 3rd edition (corrected), 1983. However, the selection of
passages for the apparatus has undergone considerable revision.
The evaluations of all sets of variants cited in the apparatus have been
reconsidered, with special emphasis upon evidence from the ancient
versions, the Diatessaron, and the Church Fathers. In addition,
the evidence from the Greek Mss. were meticulously controlled by direct
comparison with manuscript readings. The font type is easy to
read, even after many hours of laboring over a passage of Scripture.
The Greek text is identical with
that of the 26th and 27th edition of the Novum Testamentum Graece by
Nestle-Aland (see below) except for some minor punctuation differences.
Appendices: index of quotations (both in OT and NT order), index of
allusions and verbal parallels, list of principal manuscripts and
versions, and list of principal symbols and abbreviations.
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Novum
Testamentum Graece
Edited by
Erwin Nestle and Kurt Aland
Re-edited at the Institute for New
Testament Research Munster/Westphalia under the direction of Barbara and
Kurt Aland. The text of this edition is identical to that of the 26th
edition, but the critical apparatus and the appendices have been
thoroughly revised. Those textual witnesses which are essential to the
constitution and the history of the text, are more precisely selected
and clearly arranged. A new appendix deals with special information
regarding the source material. The new introduction provides an easier
access to the volume and the slightly enlarged format improves the
readability. The large print
edition is an excellent choice
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The Greek New
Testament according to the Majority Text
Edited by
Zane Hodges and Arthur Farstad
This Greek text represents a first
step in the direction of recognizing the value of the great mass of
Greek documents. Two premises underlie this text: (1) any reading
overwhelmingly attested by the manuscript tradition is more likely to be
original than its rival(s); and (2) final decisions about readings ought
to be made on the basis of a reconstruction of their history in the
manuscript tradition. Important variations are well documented in
each edition.
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The New
Testament : The Greek Text Underlying the English Authorized Version of
1611
The Textus Receptus (TR) is the
Greek text followed by the translators of the English Authorized Version
of the Bible first published in the year 1611. This edition
follows the text of Beza's 1598 Greek edition as the primary
authority. N.B. The Elzevir brothers, published
editions of the Greek text at Leyden in 1624, 1633, and 1641, following
Beza's 1565 edition, with a few changes from his later revisions.
The preface to the 1633 Elzevir edition gave a name to this form of the
text, and all of the Protestant versions of the period of the
Reformation--Textum ergo habes, nunc ab omnibus receptum.
Thus the Elzevir text became known throughout Europe as the Textus
Receptus or Received Text, and in course of time these titles
came to be associated in England with the Stephens text of 1550.
This text may be purchased
from:
Trinitarian Bible Society
1710 Richmond St. N.W.
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
616-453-2892
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