The main Greek New Testament texts used in New Testament studies are eclectic. That is, their 'finalized' forms are compositions of various readings from a variety of manuscripts as opposed to being equivalent to one complete New Testament manuscript. Because the texts of various manuscripts differ at points (these differences are known as 'varients'), methods are used to conclude which reading is most likely the original one. (This process of determining the most likely reading is known as 'text criticism').

• Novum Testamentum Graece: Nestle-Aland (e.g., NA28) - Used in Trinity courses.
  • ​You can access an online edition here.
• The Greek New Testament by United Bible Society (UBS).
  • This edition uses the text of NA28 but focuses on variant readings that are more significant for translation. This means that fewer textual variants are noted than in the NA28, but where they are noted, more extensive manuscript information is provided.
• The Society of Biblical Literature Greek New Testament (SBLGNT)
  • You can access an online edition here.

• NT Gateway provides access to numerous online resources.
• Exciting new projects in New Testament textual criticism can be found through the Institute for New Testament Textual Research and the Institute for Textual Scholarship and Electronic Editing.

The New Testament manuscripts upon which our critical texts are based are now much more accessible as a result of digital technologies. The following websites provide online access to high quality images of important manuscripts.

• The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts
• Codex Sinaiticus
• Codex Vaticanus
• The Oxyrhynchus Papyri Online
• The Papyrology Site provides collects images of manuscripts from the 3rd century BC to the 8th century AD.

Eberhard Neslte, Erwin Nestle, Barbara Aland, Kurt Aland, Johannes Karavidopoulos, Carlo M. Martini, and Bruce M. Metzger, eds., Novum Testamentum Graece: Nestle-Aland, 28th ed. (Stuttgart: German Bible Society, 2012), 298-299.

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