Monthly Archives: July 2012

Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece 28th Edition

Posted on July 17, 2012 by New Testament Greek

This is the 28th edition of the Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece (NA28), a standard edition of the Greek New Testament used by New Testament scholars and Bible translators.

What’s New In Nestle-Aland 28th Edition Critical apparatus revised and easier to use . Papyrii 117-127 included for the first time . In-depth revision of the Catholic Epistles, with more than 30 changes to the upper text. Scripture references systematically reviewed for accuracy.

The Greek-English Dictionary of the New Testament that comes with this edition was prepared by Barclay M. Newman.

Textual Revisions and Methodology

The Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece, commonly referred to as NA28, introduces 34 textual changes within the Catholic Epistles.… Learn Koine Greek

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The Rhetoric of Rhetorical Questions: A Grammatical Rebuke in Luke 13:7

Posted on July 13, 2012 by New Testament Greek

In εἶπε δὲ πρὸς τὸν ἀμπελουργόν· ἰδοὺ τρία ἔτη ἔρχομαι ζητῶν καρπὸν ἐν τῇ συκῇ ταύτῃ, καὶ οὐχ εὑρίσκω· ἔκκοψον αὐτήν· ἱνατί καὶ τὴν γῆν καταργεῖ; (Luke 13:7), Jesus tells a parable packed with urgency, disappointment, and judgment. But it is the final clause — ἱνατί καὶ τὴν γῆν καταργεῖ; — that brings a unique syntactic sting. This rhetorical question is not a request for information, but a judgment dressed as inquiry. Greek has a powerful way of embedding rebuke into grammar, and here, it wields the interrogative adverb ἱνατί like a blade. The syntax critiques the tree not just for its barrenness but for its burden — “Why should it even exhaust the soil?”… Learn Koine Greek

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