Book Alert: NA27 Wide Margin Edition

Title: Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament (NA27), Wide Margin Edition
Author: American Bible Society
Publisher: Hendrickson
Release Date: July 2007
Pages: 812
Format: Cloth
ISBN 10-digit: n/a
ISBN 13-digit: 978-1-5985-62002
Retail Price: $59.95
Table of Contents: YES (here)
Intro: YES (here)
Sample Chapter: YES (here)

From Hendrickson:

The leading edition of the original text of the New Testament, this scholarly edition is designed for extensive research, textual criticism, and other academic studies.

In keeping with the goals of serious and advanced New Testament scholars, the revised critical apparatus shows a nearly exhaustive list of variants but includes only the most significant witnesses for each variant. The Greek text has paragraph and section breaks. Cross-references in the margins are extensive and include synoptic parallels. Five appendices offer in-depth information for further understanding of passages.

The introduction appears in both English and German. Text, notes, and critical apparatus appear in a clear font throughout the volume.

Larger in size but priced lower than the large print edition, this user-friendly edition gives professors and students the opportunity to make notes in their Bible as they translate the New Testament.

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Initial Thoughts:

In recent years, we have seen numerous Bible translations offer wide-margin and journaling Bibles. So it makes sense that Hendrickson would come out with a Greek wide-margin New Testament. In the case of the new NA27 wide margin edition, the margins are actually wide. Often as I would translate a text, I would make xerox copies of each page, using the extra space for syntactical notations, parsing, cross references, etc. With the NA27 wide margin, you are given generous space to do much of that without xerox! The most accurate Greek NT not only has the detailed textual apparatus, but now provides opportunity for the translator to journal and make exegetical/syntactical notes all on the same page. While the wide-margin edition is obviously somewhat larger and more bulky than the regular NA27, the benefits of centralizing your work on the actual text are certainly worth it.