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The Ancient Words Greek New Testament brings a new dimension to original language readers.
Images of
ancient manuscripts are presented at the beginning of each Bible book to
reinforce the authenticity God's written Word.
The Ancient Words GNT uses in-line presentation of both the Alexandrian
and Byzantine text-type variants, thus providing the Greek Bible student with a
one-volume solution.
The Ancient Words Greek New Testament is the first release
in the Ancient Words Bible Suite(TM) by Memorial Crown Press. The Ancient Words Greek New Testament engages
the original-language New Testament reader by presenting images of the ancient
source texts at the beginning of each book.
A brief history of each manuscript includes its estimated dating and
other information of interest.
The Ancient Words GNT merges the Alexandrian and the
Byzantine text-types. The texts are
presented in-line so that the Bible student can decide for themselves when one
Greek word or phrase might be preferred according to the readers own Spirit-led
interpretation, thus, diffusing the delemma over accepting either of the
text-type as being holistically superior.
Acts 11:20 is presented as an illustration:
20 Ἦσαν δέ τινες ἐξ αὐτῶν ἄνδρες Κύπριοι καὶ Κυρηναῖοι,
οἵτινες ἐλθόντες εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν ἐλάλουν καὶ πρὸς τοὺς Ἕλληνας (Ἑλληνιστάς),
εὐαγγελιζόμενοι τὸν Κύριον Ἰησοῦν.
If the men from Cyprus and Cyrene, had come to Antioch
speaking to the Hellenists, (Ἑλληνιστάς), there would not have been a
necessity, in the verses which follow, for Barnabas to fetch Paul - the Apostle
to the Gentiles. Here the Alexandrian
text reads that Greeks (Ἕλληνας) responded to the gospel. The word Hellenist was used earlier in Acts,
and the scribes of the Byzantine texts may have chosen this word in Acts 11:20
for the sake of consistency. But
"Hellenists" signifies "Greek-speakers," and usually
referred in the New Testament to Jews who spoke Greek - but that would not make
them Gentiles! Thus, in the context of
Barnabas' reaction, the word used for Greek in the Alexandrian text simply
makes more sense.
Presenting both text-types allows the reader the discretion
to choose the best word for themselves, on a word-by-word basis. This enables the reader to enjoy the
simplicity of reading one Greek New Testament instead of jumping to other
resources to solve source-text discrepancies.
The Ancient Words Bible Suite is designed to provided tools
for the student of the Bible's original source-texts to assist the growing
number of Christians who desire the most accurate understanding of God's Word.
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