Kurt Aland was a German theologian and biblical scholar who specialized in New Testament textual criticism. He founded the Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung in Münster and served as its first director from 1959 to 1983. He was one of the principal editors of Nestle–Aland – Novum Testamentum Graece for the Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft and The Greek New Testament for the United Bible Societies.
Kurt Aland's 70th Birthday from left to right: Kurt Aland, Hermann Kunst, President of Germany Walter Scheel, Wilfried Schlüter, Eduard Lohse, Archbishop Mor Julius Yeshu Cicek
The grave of Kurt Aland on the Central Cemetery Münster, Germany.
Novum Testamentum Graece is a critical edition of the New Testament in its original Koine Greek, forming the basis of most modern Bible translations and biblical criticism. It is also known as the Nestle–Aland edition after its most influential editors, Eberhard Nestle and Kurt Aland. The text, edited by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research, is currently in its 28th edition, abbreviated NA28.
Nestle–Aland Novum Testamentum Graece (28th ed., 2012; hardcover, blue)
Eberhard Nestle
Kurt Aland
The GNT Committee, from right to left: Carlo Maria Martini, Kurt Aland, Allen Wikgren, Bruce Metzger and Matthew Black (with Klaus Junack, Aland's assistant), c. late 1980s
