Novum Testamentum Graece Et Latine - Greek/Latin New Testament (Leather Bound)

~ K. Aland (Author) "It was almost a century ago that in 1898 the Wurttemberg Bible Society published Eberhard Nestle's (1913) first edition of the Novum Testamentum Graece..." (more)
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Text: Greek, Latin (translation)
Original Language: Greek

Product Details

• Leather Bound: 1503 pages
• Publisher: American Bible Society; 27th edition (June 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3438054019
• ISBN-13: 978-3438054012
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.6 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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72 of 79 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Warning: This Is Not The Vulgate (Rather, the Neo-Vulgate), April 13, 2004

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Don't let the imprecise terminology of the other reviews fool you--this book does not contain the Vulgate New Testament. The Vulgate is Jerome's standard Latin version of the Bible, the one familiar to literate persons throughout the Middle Ages, until modern vernacular translations took its place in common usage (relatively recently in some Catholic countries).

How nice it would be to have a good critical text of the New Testament in Greek (which this edition offers) opposite the real Vulgate. At one glance, you could take in Paul's original words (according to the most penetrating modern scholarship) and, at the same time, the form in which those words profoundly affected Western Europe for a millennium. In cases where the Vulgate is in disagreement with the critical Greek text, the facing-page format would make this obvious enough to the reader.

The above pipe-dream is NOT what this book offers. The Latin version is the "neo-Vulgate" and has been altered as necessary to obliterate any difference between it and the Nestle-Aland Greek text. Yes, the Latin here usually follows the Vulgate, and the apparatus will help you reconstruct the Vulgate, but it is dangerous, in principle, to regard the actual printed text as more than a crib for understanding the Greek text. (Outside of the New Testament, the neo-Vulgate's changes are particularly violent in the Psalter, where the traditional Vulgate Psalms--the very essence of Western Christian worship for so many centuries--have been done away with entirely because they are based on the Septuagint rather than directly on the Hebrew. A mess is also made of Jerome's work in the Prophets.)

If you want to read the New Testament of Dante, Cervantes, Montaigne, or Chaucer, you'll need to buy the entire Vulgate bible (ISBN 3438053039 is an excellent critical edition of it).

I am disappointed with the editorial decision here. The real Vulgate, with its historical significance (and even its textual authority, given the great antiquity of the manuscripts with which Jerome worked), is far worthier of being kept in print than a version that does not scruple to tamper with the Vulgate's charm and power. This edition does not serve its audience well--if we just wanted a mirror-view of the modern critical text of the Greek NT, why would we bother reading it in Latin?

31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Scholar's Choice, February 22, 2000

By	Matthew R. Miller (Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA) - See all my reviews

The N.T.G.L.Q. is the clear choice for biblical scholars. With the latest 27th edition Greek text beside the latest Latin vulgate, clarity abounds. I highly recommend going the extra mile and ordering the text with the Latin as well as the Greek, since one's knowledge of Latin will assist in Greek study. The binding is disappointingly flimsy for such a valuable work, but it is a German book, and the Germans are known for their fine bookbinding skills. Still, one would expect a nice leather, smythe-sewne binding. But overall, an excellent choice.

28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Novum Testamentum, July 24, 2000

By	Katie Thompson (Cambria, WI United States) - See all my reviews

I am a student of both these languages and I have been wanting a bible in Latin and the original Greek for a long time.This has fully met my expectations. I like that the the diiferant languages are on separate pages instead of in columns: it is easier to keep from looking at the Latin which I know better! What a treasure.