Zondervan’s “Reader’s Greek New Testament (2nd Edition)”
I’ve been struggling through Greek now for nigh on two years. Thus, I am by no means a Greek scholar. But I love a present I received from a good friend the other day: The Reader’s Greek New Testament (2nd Edition).
It is basically the Greek text underlying the TNIV translation of the Bible, meaning that the Greek text reflects the decisions on textual variants made by the council who put together the TNIV. So, you won’t be getting the standard text you’ll find in your Greek New Testaments (ie. the UBS 4th Edition), nor will you be getting the text behind other translations (the ESV, NIV, NASB etc.).
But don’t let that distract you – this book is gold.
Basically, it’s the Greek New Testament with all the words that occur 30 times or less in the NT footnoted and defined. This means no more running off to your lexicon!
It’s important to remember that this isn’t a GNT for in-depth exegesis. It doesn’t contain serious textual apparatus, and it doesn’t give the kind of definitions you will find in a good lexicon. But it is a tool that will get you reading the text of the New Testament in it’s original language, and takes out the anti-fun legwork.
And it’s cheap. Moore Books stock it for $50.
I love this tool, and will be using it for quite some time to come.
Vaughan, nice to come across your blog! I found it through Chris Ashton’s…. Glad to find another Reformed and kindred spirit on the australian corner of this cyber-world!
Your brother,
Mark Earngey
Mark Earngey
August 25, 2009 at 11:50 pm
Hi Mark, thanks for saying hi. I think I met you a few weeks ago at Confess or Die. I was registrations guy. Good to see you’ve got a podcast going! I’ll check it out.
Vaughan Smith
August 26, 2009 at 11:38 am
Yes, of course! We did meet. I was racking my brain as I wrote that last post wondering how (I knew we had!) we met…. Yeah, the podcast is me and a mate from college trying to get aspects of the Christian life out there for (mainly younger) people to check out… It’s a barrel laughs! Enjoy
Mark Earngey
August 26, 2009 at 11:48 am
That is: a “barrel OF laughs” … or something.
Mark Earngey
August 26, 2009 at 11:50 am
TNIV eh?
http://bit.ly/aLtQI
Chris Ashton
August 29, 2009 at 12:18 pm
Yeah, but it isn’t translated, it’s just the bare bones of the text. It just reflects the decisions the TNIV team made regarding textual variants, that’s all
Vaughan Smith
August 30, 2009 at 9:49 am