Which Greek Text?
The UBS Reader's Greek NT
For those trying to decide which Greek Bible they should purchase, Mounce has posted a helpful rundown of your options.
If you’re serious about learning and using Greek, I recommend you get two Bibles. (1) First, you need a Greek NT with a critical apparatus, either the UBS 4 or the NA 27 (both editions optionally include a Greek glossary). (2) Second, I heartily recommend the UBS Reader’s Greek NT. It will make actually reading the NT in Greek all that much more enjoyable.
Mounce also mentions a black-leather “stealth” NA that he uses. I was not able to find this. Anyone know where to get one? I always do feel a little self-conscious using my GNT in church…
Update: Phil Gons additionally recommends (see the comments) this post, which in turn links to this article describing the differences between the NA27 and the UBS4. The article will be of particular interest to those using Logos’s Bible Software.
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I have both UBS and NA versions. I like the NA for reading (and it would certainly be the one I'd choose to take to church). The font is nicer and the book is smaller. I don't know if it's the 'stealth' version but mine looks a bit like this only without the dictionary, so smaller. But I absolutely can't do text criticism in the NA. I find it completely incomprehensible. So I use the UBS if I'm doing any study of the text.
The stealth Bible Mounce mentions is a leather bound NA. I have not been able to find it.
The text-apparatus for the NA is difficult, but still easier than all those accent mark notations in BHS!
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Tommy, thanks for the post. I hadn't seen Mounce's article yet. BTW, you might also find Rick's article on the differences between the NA27 and UBS4 to be helpful: NA27 vs. UBS4.