This new approach reached its early culmination in 1963 with the 25th Edition (thereafter known as “Nestle-Aland”), which has been frequently reprinted.Ģ6th Edition (1979): The great manuscript discoveries of the twentieth century (especially of early papyri) necessitated a fundamental reorientation of the principal text and a rewriting of the apparatus, and these were both introduced in the 26th Edition. Together with his colleagues at the Institute for New Testament Textual Research (INTF), which he established in 1959, he also extended the apparatus to include readings from many additional manuscripts. However, Nestle did not consult the manuscripts directly, but continued to compile his information on their readings from other scholarly editions.Ģ5th Edition (1963): Kurt Aland (co-editor since 1952) was the first to verify the information in the text and critical apparatus against the originals themselves. Under Erwin Nestle, a son of Eberhard, this edition was for the first time further developed with the addition of its own apparatus criticus that cited not only other scholarly editions (see above), but also the most important reference manuscripts (“Manuscript xy reads.
13th Edition (1927): The text of the 1st Edition was reprinted several times in subsequent years.