Can anyone suggest which English version to Link set with The Greek NT According to the Majority Text Textual Apparatus.
My preferred B is the ESV
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I suggest the MEV if you have it. Otherwise KJV or NKJV would track the closest.
Not disagreeing with John, But I myself, wondered about the more recent Majority and Byzantine, vs the older Erasmus. This commenter below was interesting:
Is the MEV based on the majority text or TR?
and can you help me out with the difference between the TR and the Majority Text?
John's quotes are great ... pretty much, you end up with one of the KJV varients. The reason isn't that the greeks are about the same. Rather, there's more variants between english and greek, than greek to greek.
There was a good example today that Kiyah introduced for Enoch ... two english translations not even remotely close. But the greek (few mss's) probably in the ball-park.
Translation is interesting, and far more susceptable to gaming than churchmen would like. A few years back, a favorite pastor of ours gamed a specific greek word. End of the line for me. I'm a big believer in cards on the table ... lay out the possibles. But most are amenable to most accepted ... KJV or MEV a good choice.
Regarding TR vs MT, don't know. TR was such a kludge, I spent most of my time on the Byzantine vs the NA. The neural nets preferred the Byzantine, and I liked the authors' logic.
couldn't track down the ref to Enoch. Anyway - let me backtrack my last question.
Is there or are there any gk texts that are simply the closest to the original autographs?
Sorry MM, your question requires you to do some studying on your own. It is way beyond the scope of the forums and you will find varying opinions on the subject. Are the original autographs closer to the majority of texts or the oldest texts? Your library or youtube or google will have lots of information to assist you in arriving at your own opinion on the matter. I am far from an expert to even provide my opinion. It is very interesting to study however. I hope you enjoy your voyage.
Appreciate John. Bon voyage...
Here is a good search on your library to get you started:
