Biblical Texts

[s0journ3r]

Hey gang!

I was wondering if someone can help me out here.

I've been hearing different people speak of Biblical texts like the "NA27" and the "UBS," etc. What are these texts? What are the stories behind them? Which one is considered the best? And which is used in specific translations of the Bible?

Thanks.

Yours truly in Christ,
sojourner

 

[LamorakDesGalis]

Hey gang!

I was wondering if someone can help me out here.

I've been hearing different people speak of Biblical texts like the "NA27" and the "UBS," etc. What are these texts? What are the stories behind them? Which one is considered the best? And which is used in specific translations of the Bible?

Hi sojourner,

"NA27" is short for Nestle-Aland's Novum Testamentum Graece - a Greek New Testament, 27th edition.
"UBS" is short for United Bible Societies' Greek New Testament; the 4th is the most recent edition.

Both NA27 and UBS use the same Greek text, which is often referred to as the critical text. All modern Bibles which are a translation from the originals base the NT on this same critical text: NASB, NIV, NRSV, NET, etc. The New King James version used what is called the Majority Text. The King James version used one variation of the Textus Receptus (TR).

Eberhard Nestle published the first edition of Novum Testamentum Graece in 1913. Later, Kurt Aland revised it. The UBS text was first published in 1966.

As for which one is considered best, most Greek scholars and translators prefer Nestle-Aland. Nestle-Aland has a critical apparatus that lists the variations in the Greek text.


LDG

 

[s0journ3r]

Hi sojourner,

"NA27" is short for Nestle-Aland's Novum Testamentum Graece - a Greek New Testament, 27th edition.
"UBS" is short for United Bible Societies' Greek New Testament; the 4th is the most recent edition.

Both NA27 and UBS use the same Greek text, which is often referred to as the critical text. All modern Bibles which are a translation from the originals base the NT on this same critical text: NASB, NIV, NRSV, NET, etc. The New King James version used what is called the Majority Text. The King James version used one variation of the Textus Receptus (TR).

Eberhard Nestle published the first edition of Novum Testamentum Graece in 1913. Later, Kurt Aland revised it. The UBS text was first published in 1966.

As for which one is considered best, most Greek scholars and translators prefer Nestle-Aland. Nestle-Aland has a critical apparatus that lists the variations in the Greek text.

LDG

LamorakDesGalis, thank you so much for this information! I'll do more research, but I just wanted to know the basics. You helped me out so much. Thanks!

Yours truly in Christ,
sojourner