I am using the NET Bible Diglot New Testament. It has the NET English text and the NA 27 Greek text. With tons of notes. You can get if from the bookstore on Bible.org (NET Bible's publisher) but right now their bookstore is down for work. If it comes back up when you see this please drop a reply and give the URL so others can go to their bookstore.
By textual observations are you referring to differences between the earliest manuscripts? I am going to take that as the question and go from there - let me know if I got this wrong. The first thing I would say is that most (if not all) the resources that discuss textual variations require a pretty solid knowledge of Greek or Hebrew. The firs starting point would be the textual notes in the UBS 28 or the NA28 Greek New Testaments. This will just give you a listing and rating of the different variations and really require some little grey cells to work your way through. A step up from that is Metzger's "A Textual Commentary on the Greek New New Testament." It will include a discussion of the variants, why they decided this was the best choice and their reasoning. But it needs to be updated. Comfort's "New Testament Text and Translatoin Commentary" is more detailed and has longer comments. It is also more up to date. Finally, some of the study Bibles have good textual notes. The ESV Study Bible has easy to understand discussions. The NET Bible has more discussion thant the ESV but they often require a Greek or Hebrw to grasp their point. Finally, there are database texts that will provide the most detail but are much more techinical in nature. For the New Testament the "Center for NT Textual Studies NT Critical Apparatus" is one of the better tools. For the Greek version of the OT there is the "Critical Apparatus to the Cambridge Edition of the Greek Septuagint." On the Hebrew side the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) has a strong textual apparatus. Brotzman's" Old Testament Textual Criticism: A Practical Introduction" is a great place to start with learning about OT textual criticism. What I would recommend is starting with the study Bibles (esp the NET notes - usually marked with a TC for textual criticism). A more academic level commentary (like the Word Biblical Commentary) will include disucssions of the various textual variants as well - and often in much easier to understand English.
I want to commend you on the video quality. It has great lighting and color grading. Respect.
Thank you. I really appreciate that
I really enjoy your videos, great content. What is the Greek-English bible you are using in this video?
I am using the NET Bible Diglot New Testament. It has the NET English text and the NA 27 Greek text. With tons of notes. You can get if from the bookstore on Bible.org (NET Bible's publisher) but right now their bookstore is down for work. If it comes back up when you see this please drop a reply and give the URL so others can go to their bookstore.
This was excellent.
Thank you
Do you have any resource recommendations for textual observations?
By textual observations are you referring to differences between the earliest manuscripts? I am going to take that as the question and go from there - let me know if I got this wrong.
The first thing I would say is that most (if not all) the resources that discuss textual variations require a pretty solid knowledge of Greek or Hebrew. The firs starting point would be the textual notes in the UBS 28 or the NA28 Greek New Testaments. This will just give you a listing and rating of the different variations and really require some little grey cells to work your way through. A step up from that is Metzger's "A Textual Commentary on the Greek New New Testament." It will include a discussion of the variants, why they decided this was the best choice and their reasoning. But it needs to be updated. Comfort's "New Testament Text and Translatoin Commentary" is more detailed and has longer comments. It is also more up to date. Finally, some of the study Bibles have good textual notes. The ESV Study Bible has easy to understand discussions. The NET Bible has more discussion thant the ESV but they often require a Greek or Hebrw to grasp their point.
Finally, there are database texts that will provide the most detail but are much more techinical in nature. For the New Testament the "Center for NT Textual Studies NT Critical Apparatus" is one of the better tools. For the Greek version of the OT there is the "Critical Apparatus
to the Cambridge Edition of the Greek Septuagint." On the Hebrew side the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) has a strong textual apparatus. Brotzman's" Old Testament Textual Criticism: A Practical Introduction" is a great place to start with learning about OT textual criticism.
What I would recommend is starting with the study Bibles (esp the NET notes - usually marked with a TC for textual criticism). A more academic level commentary (like the Word Biblical Commentary) will include disucssions of the various textual variants as well - and often in much easier to understand English.