The Reader's Edition combines the Bible text of the latest edition of the UBS4 Greek New Testament, edited by Barbara Aland, et. al., with a running Greek-English Dictionary, compiled by Barclay M. Newman.
FEATURES * Running dictionary providing translations of all vocabulary items occurring 30 times or less in the New Testament at the bottom of each page
* Translations given according to context
* Definitions of idiomatic word combinations
* Grammatical analysis of all difficult verb forms
* Reader-friendly layout enabling the reader to transfer easily from text to dictionary and vice versa
* An appendix providing translations of all vocabulary items occurring more than 30 times in the New Testament
* Including the maps from the UBS Greek New Testament
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
nice font but very pricey compared to Zondervan's:
I am a big believer in these Reader's Editions of the Greek New Testament, for both beginners and advanced readers. The first edition to print the defintions of uncommon words on the bottom of the page was, I think, Persheimer's Refresh Your New Testament Greek. This book never really caught on, went out of print and became very expensive to acquire used. Purists rejected Persheimer feeling that it is somehow "cheating" to look at the bottom of a books's pages as opposed to refering to a separate... more info
A simple review:
For the content of the book, which I am very happy with, see the other reviews. I make this review simply to point out the size of the book. It is much larger than the standard UBS GNT and is not as handy for carrying around. So even though I still lack a full vocabulary, I find myself bringing my regular UBS4 with me instead.
The three stars is only for size/portability.
Simply the best:
This is the best "readers edition" of the Greek New Testament available it is superior to the Zondervan version in many ways already listed in the other reviews. If you want to become fluent in both the language and the text this is the volume that will allow you to experience large amounts of the text with the least interruption.
The only thing I want to see is this version in a leather bound edition for easier travel.
The New Standard of GNT Reader's Texts:
Rarely, would I review any text with the obvious bias I now have toward the new UBS GNT Reader's text. With that said, for a Reader's GNT which is meant to do just that---namely, function as a reader's text, this volume does so. The text is comfortably sized, the font is clear, visually appealing, and most of all the footnotes are clearly organized. The Zondervan Reader's text, the forerunner to this text and its competitor patently fails on the previous four scores. As an avid student of the text, who... more info
