10-25-2004, 06:08 PM
I have the book version of Nestle-Aland's Novum Testamentum Graece. I am not so sure about what you mean by "codes." Are you referring to the symbols of the manuscripts of the NT?
The late Professor Kurt Aland wrote a book in German that could be used as a companion to NTG. I don't read German and I am glad that I have the English translation to this book:
The Text of the New Testament an Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0...ourulti-20
If you have a Greek New Testament (Fourth Revised Edition) published by UBS which is also edited by Kurt Aland and his wife Barbara, et al, it is good to get the companion edited by Dr Bruce Manning Metzger. It has detailed explanation on why certain text is preferred over the other.
The late Professor Kurt Aland wrote a book in German that could be used as a companion to NTG. I don't read German and I am glad that I have the English translation to this book:
The Text of the New Testament an Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0...ourulti-20
If you have a Greek New Testament (Fourth Revised Edition) published by UBS which is also edited by Kurt Aland and his wife Barbara, et al, it is good to get the companion edited by Dr Bruce Manning Metzger. It has detailed explanation on why certain text is preferred over the other.