User talk:Fontwords
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Again, welcome! John Vandenberg 00:44, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
Critical Apparatus[edit]
You were wondering where to get the critical apparatus I use, well first off it isn't extensive but it tries to show all the major variations between the Byzantine and the NA27 text. I personally have the printed book right in front of me and that is what I use. The problem is that I personally have e-sword and I have the Byzantine Textform with Strong's #ing system, but it doesn't have the critical apparatus, I actually have not seen a website that has it. You could check here http://rpbyztxt.com/ see if the pdf file download has it. If that still doesn't have it you could order your own copy it is pretty cheap, like $18 from Amazon http://www.amazon.com/New-Testament-Original-Greek/dp/0759800774/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201754574&sr=8-1 and $13 from Christianbook http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?item_no=800774&netp_id=511163&event=ESRCN&item_code=WW&view=details I hope that helps you!
- Thank you. I was looking for something more extensive, but as the only two texts that tend to carry much weight are Byzantine or Alexandrian-like texts, that sounds like a good aid. Now, e-sword does have a "GNT-V Greek New Testament with Variants" which I use, and that has all the differences between the Scrivener's Textus Receptus, Stephens' 1550 Textus Receptus, the Alexandrian Text (very close to NA27), and the Byzantine Textform According to Freiherr Von Soden (so similar to the Robinson-Pierpont that I have never yet seen a difference in them). Thanks again, Fontwords 14:45, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
- PS: I finally did find one difference between von Soden and Robinson-Pierpont, in Jude.Fontwords 18:20, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
- Note: The Byzantine Textform of Robinson-Pierpont is a revision of the von Soden Text. That explains the similarity.Fontwords 17:10, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
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