A Four-Dimensional Perspective on Bible Translations

In this video, I describe a method for characterizing translations of the New Testament based on the degree to which they agree with four different Greek New Testaments: Westcott & Hort, the Nestle-Aland 28th edition, the Tyndale House Greek New Testament, and the Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform. This video shows how twenty-six (26) English translations scored when compared to those four Greek New Testaments. Detailed contents 00:00 Intro 00:50 The Greek New Testaments 01:59 The English New Testament translations 02:35 The scoring procedure 03:43 The verses containing variant readings scored 04:00 How distinct are the Greek New Testaments? 05:50 Percent agreement with Westcott & Hort 07:49 Percent agreement with the Nestle-Aland 28th edition 10:17 Percent agreement with the Tyndale House Greek New Testament 12:16 Percent agreement with the Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform 14:47 Tabular scores, all 26 translations, all four Greek New Testaments 17:13 Nestle-Aland 28th edition versus Robinson-Pierpont scatter plots 21:55 Westcott & Hort versus Robinson-Pierpont scatter plots 23:47 Nestle-Aland 28th edition versus Westcott & Hort scatter plots 26:30 Concluding observations 28:41 Possible extensions of this effort