From: Rod Decker (rdecker@accunet.com)
Date: Sun Aug 27 1995 - 14:51:46 EDT
>Anyway, what I am suggesting is that I would like to have a slim Greek NT that
>is easy to stick in my pocket or tuck in a corner of a briefcase....
>
>What I'm wondering is whether any of you have wished for a similar product. If
>so, there might be a basis for suggesting it to the publishers.
>
>David Housholder (DavidHousholder@XC.Org)
I, too, have hunted for such an edition--unsuccessfully. I have only seen
such a thing once. About 25 years ago I saw a vest pocket sized edition
from a British publisher, but it was not in print at the time. I don't
remember the date for sure, but it was mid-century or earlier I think.
Since then I've checked every used bookstore I've been in to see if they
had a copy, but with no success.
The best I've been able to do is NA25--I have a leather-bound copy that I
can carry somewhat unobtrusively. (I reccomend to my students that they do
not make a show of carrying a Greek Testament to church.) It also serves as
a better size for totin' along other places where I don't want to lug a
full arsenal. If it could be squeezed even smaller, I'd be delighted.
If there is a publisher rep. listening, or someone who has the ear of one,
I'd second David's suggestion: print a _small_, text-only Testament that is
'pocket-portable.' I'd live with 7 or 8 point type and no apparatus or
notes of any sort, and even relatively scant margins. Print it on the
thinest 'India paper' available that doesn't show through (unlike UBS4!).
Ideal size for this purpose would be 3/4 to 1/2 the size of an 'old Nestle'
(i.e., NA25 or earlier). I'd even put up with (though this hurts immensely
to say!) a TR text _IF_ that was the only way I could get one. I'd much
prefer, of course, to have the NA26/27 = UBS3/4 text, or at least an NA25.
The publisher's question will be, of course, how many could I sell and what
would people pay for it? I'd order one immediately and I'd pay $20 without
question, esp. it it had a leather cover (though I'd go $25 for that).
Rod
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Rodney J. Decker Calvary Theological Seminary
Asst. Prof./NT 15800 Calvary Rd.
Kansas City, Missouri 64147
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