I'm looking for help here from the studio audience, which I will update regularly:
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts
Romans Robert Jewett (Hermeneia, 2007) [also Gamble's monograph]
1 Corinthians Gordon D. Fee (NICNT, 1987)
2 Corinthians Murray J. Harris (NIGTC, 2004)
Galatians Richard N. Longenecker (WBC, 1990)
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1&2 Thessalonians
Pastoral Epistles
Hebrews
James
1 Peter Paul J. Achtemeier (Hermeneia, )
2 Peter
Johannine Epistles
Jude
Revelation D.E. Aune (Word, 3 vols, 1997-1998)
Supporting Evidence is in the comments
The NIGTC commentary on 2 Corinthians by Murray Harris (a former Warden of Tyndale House, if I recall correctly)is an outstanding text-critical resource (full disclosure: Harris was my very first sem prof, and all the Greek courses I took at TEDS I took from Harris.) He discusses every variant in the apparatus to NA27, and often reaches independent judgments. One could say that what Aune is for Revelation, Harris is for 2 Corinthians.
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Thanks Mike, yes Murray Harris was warden when I first came to Tyndale House in 1985 for an interview with him before they let me in.
ReplyDelete1985 seems like a long time ago when it is written down like that and compared with 2013!
ReplyDeleteI look forward to tracking this thread to see what others mention for various NT books.
ReplyDeleteRegarding Aune, his work is also highly commendable for his listing of the Rev mss (pp. cxxxvi-cxlviii), which is a whole diff ballgame than other NT books. It needs a few minor corrections (re: 886, 1668, 1774, etc) and updates (205copy=2886; 2036copy=2891, Lembke's analysis of 2846, etc.). But still it is one of the best resources for a list and description of the Rev mss.
Btw, what is the proper way to pronounce Aune's last name?
Ropes' commentary on James would have to be right up there.
ReplyDeleteBut sometimes he sounds a lot like Metzger.
Yours in Christ,
James Snapp, Jr.
I like Paul J. Achtemeier on 1 Peter in the Hermeneia series. His commentary text is two column, and the opening of each section presents his translation in the left column, and his textual critical notes in the right column. A great format.
ReplyDeleteI haven't checked it myself, but Jewett's commentary on Romans in the Hermeneia series was heavily edited by Eldon Epp (editor of the series) who I think spent hundreds of hours on the textcritical stuff (because it was necessary). So I expect those notes to be of high quality.
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ReplyDeleteI think the old commentaries were generally stronger in textual notes: e.g. both the MacMillan series with Lightfoot et al, incl. Ropes on James; and the old ICCs.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Peter on the older commentaries, and fear this lack of textual discussions on so many modern commentaries is based on a faulty (advertised) assumption that the NA is the original text with no need to deal with text-critical issues. Now, we as textual scholars know that's not the case, but how many non-textual scholar cares about it? I suspect, aghast, not too many, though exceptions exist. Or am I too negative here?
ReplyDeleteTommy, on Jude what would we say? Bauckham is probably still the best all round commentary, and does deal with textual details. Here as well we have your monograph.
ReplyDeleteOn the Johannine Epistles we noted Yarbrough's commentary previously: http://evangelicaltextualcriticism.blogspot.co.uk/2008/10/yarbrough-on-johannine-epistles.html
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone have a vote for a commentary better than Yarbrough for TC?
I know it's quite dated, but what about Raymond Brown's 2-volume commentary on John's Gospel in the Anchor Bible (or in addition, his Birth/Death of the Messiah)?
ReplyDeleteLongenecker, ICC galatians
ReplyDeleteFee gives some independent, if at times a bit idiosyncratic, tc judgement in his 1 Cor commentaty
On Galatians, Burton ICC is still a must. Of the modern ones, Longenecker is near the top of an unimpressive pack, as is Buscemi if you read Italian. Older German commentaries such as Sieffert, Zahn, and Zimmer are still very useful.
ReplyDeleteFor a textual commentary on the Pauline Corpus, I strongly recommend Bernhard Weiss, Textkritik der paulinische Briefe (TU 14.3; Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1896).
Jewett on Romans: good intro to textual criticism of Romans (pp. 4-18); many many notes on text (augmented by E.J. Epp acc preface, p. xvi); independent: 26 differences from NA27 - p 14f (including restoring 16.24) (does accept conjecture at 7.25)
ReplyDeleteFee on 1 Corinthians is independent. PMH: regular discussion of variants in the notes, longer section on (against) 14.34-35 (pp. 699-708)
ReplyDeleteLongenecker on Galatians ("near the top of an unimpressive pack" SC): no section on text in the introduction, but lots of textual notes before each section and discusses major variants in the commentary.
ReplyDeleteAune’s commentary on Revelation has excellent brief discussions of the textual issues at practically every point. He proposed 34 improvements to the NA27 text in his commentary, most of these reflect a different perspective on the internal evidence:
ReplyDelete1.6; 2.15; 4.4, 7, 8; 5.6 (2), 10; 6.17; 7.10 (kra/zousi, not listed in NA27 app.); 9.6; 10.6; 11.16; 14.13, 16, 18 (2); 16.4, 6 (2) (pei=n, not listed in NA27 app.); 17.3 (2); 18.2, 3; 19.6, 7, 9, 11, 17; 20.11 (au0tou= after prows=pou, not listed in NA27 app.); 21.16, 22, 27; 22.11 [[Aune claims 40 improvements (pp. clix-clx), but the variant at 9.9 doesn’t exist (duplication); 17.10 is an error for 7.10; and at 18.16; 19.5, 12; 21.12 he actually agrees with the NA27 text (and simply proposes deleting square brackets); at 20.4 he also agrees with the NA27 text (and has mistakenly represented it)]]
I guess some independent text-critical judgement is in Attridge's Hermeneia commentary on Hebrews, but overall it probably doesn't deserve to be included.
ReplyDeleteIn addition to Ropes' commentary on James, I nominate my own commentary, embedded in "The Letter of James: Translation, Commentary, and Greek Text" (a Kindle e-book).
ReplyDeleteYours in Christ,
James Snapp, Jr.