Bible texts in Greek

It is not yet clear which Greek edition(s) Thomas Pell Platt (1798‒1852), Johann Ludwig Krapf (1810‒1881), and Johannes Martin Flad (1831‒1915) used when translating or revising Ge’ez, Amharic and/or Oromo New Testament texts. The most likely editions are the following ones:

(1) BENGEL, Johann Albrecht:

Η KAINH ΔΙΑΘΗΚΗ: Novum Testamentum Graecum; Ita Adornatum Ut Textus Probatarum Editionum Medullam Margo Variantium Lectionum In Suas Classes Distributarum Locorumque Parallelorum Delectum Apparatus Subiunctus Criseos Sacrae Millianae Praesertim Compendium, Limam Supplementum Ac Fructum Exhibeat. Tübingen: Cotta, 1734. [Digitale Sammlungen, Dresden]

(2) GRIESBACH, Johann Jacob:

Novum Testamentum Graecum: Textum ad fidem codicum versionum et patrum recensuit et lectionis varietatem adjecit […] Griesbach. 2nd edition.

  • vol. 1: Matthew ‒ John. Halle: Curtius; London: Elmsly, 1796. [Archive.org]
  • vol. 2: Acts ‒ Revelation. Halle: Curtius; London: Payne and Mackinlay, 1806. [Digitale Sammlungen, München]
(3) TISCHENDORF, Constantin von:

Novum Testamentum Graecum: Ad antiquissimos testes denuo recensuit apparatum criticum omni studio perfectum apposuit commentationem isagogicam praetexuit […] Tischendorf. Editio octava critica maior [8th major edition; with the Codex Sinaiticus as a crucial textual source].

  • vol. 1: Matthew ‒ John. Leipzig: Gieseke and Devrient, 1869. [Archive.org]
  • vol. 2: Acts ‒ Revelation. Leipzig: Gieseke and Devrient, 1872. [Archive.org]

Cross-reference

Bible texts in Hebrew