Commentaries strong in Textual Criticism

Peace!  And Joy in the Lord, Good Brothers!

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Thank you for the stimulus to study the passage this morning.  Was very pleasant!

The kind of posts that I like!

Hello Dominick,

I would agree with Jerry. The NIGTC is great though a couple of books are left out. UBS handbook series is also top on my list. I like the NET notes but have had some issues with the English translation they present at times. (I use Metzger's Commentary or other apparatus as much or more than NET's notes unless I'm using print books and don't have access to my digital lib.) If you don't have a problem with Tischendorf's eighth edition NT there is an apparatus included in this set.

http://www.logos.com/product/2211/novum-testamentum-graece-apparatum-criticum

Dominick is correct in that apparatus' tend to take time to cypher through, but are worth the effort. [:D]

Here is my suggestion from personal experience.

There is one set that I have often found to be valuable, mostly because my Greek is still a little "weak". The problem is that the set is divided up between two different product sets.

The first part is Zerwick's, "A Grammatical Analysis of the Greek New Testament" which is sold below.

http://www.logos.com/product/4229/a-grammatical-analysis-of-the-greek-new-testament

The second part of Zerwick's Grammatical Analysis is, "Biblical Greek: Illustrated by Examples" is in another package,

http://www.logos.com/product/3871/introduction-to-biblical-greek-collection

The second Zerwick covers the note references of the first book and dives into the why's of His first book through example... it's a bit of applied grammar. Dry at times but if you like dry, it will be your piece of toast. (LOL). I like toast. [;)]

In any event, I find that the overlap fills out some of the question that come to my mind once I understand the support for "this" or "that" reading in the critical question solved out through "Metzger's Commentary" or another source. Does that make sense? If your Greek is stronger than mine you may find it redundant.

I believe you will find both seed and bread in your study.

In Christ.

Anthony

To add to Rick's excellent summary (esp. wrt Word and ICC), the Anchor Bible Commentaries also offer notes on textual issues, again depending upon the author/volume.

Dominick Sela said:

I want to build up a Favorites list to not forget about any of them in the future. Thanks!

I would also recommend tagging them as Textual Commentaries and then building a collection of your textual commentaries. That way you can make a Passage guide like the one the left below. Since I'm loving my bestcommentaries.com tags I've included what that can do on the right. the top section of the PG on the left also comes from those tags. basically it tells you the best commentary based upon what others think of that specific volume compared to other resources out there rather then of the whole series.

Rick Brannan said:

Each pericope discussed in the Word Biblical Commentary has a "Notes" section that reviews and discusses textual problems. It's usually pretty good.

Yes, I agree. I find WBC textual notes section very helpful.

Don't forget the NET Bible. It has some fantastic notes on the highly disputed text critical passages.