At Covenant, Rev. Dr. Paul Wheatley writes a detailed review of the Greek New Testament from the United Bible Societies. For those in the know, this edition is called “UBS6.”
His review gives a short history of scholarship on the Greek New Testament and the basics of text criticism. He also gives details on what is different in the UBS6 with this generation of scholarship.
The new edition also has a revised companion volume, A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament, “completely rewritten by H. A. G., Houghton“and “a substantial leap forward from the prior second edition by Bruce Metzger.”
From the article:
Overall, anyone interested in the text of the Greek New Testament, the manuscripts behind our Greek text, and how scholars and translators make decisions that affect how we read and interpret the text will find these updated editions well worth their investment. For those just starting in Greek, the UBS6 will have everything you need to access the text of the New Testament for translation. Those wanting to go deeper with a brief primer in textual criticism and sound guidance for how to understand the manuscripts and their variants would do well to consult Houghton’s companion Textual Commentary.
Read the articles here:
- Your Greek Bible Is Changing. Don’t Freak Out. (Part 1)
- Your Greek Bible Is Changing. Don’t Freak Out. (Part 2)
More about the UBS6 edition can be found on the Deutsche Bibel Gesellschaft website.