Erasmus’s Greek New Testament editions
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Erasmus’s Greek New Testament editions are early 16th-century critical printed texts of the New Testament in Greek that profoundly shaped subsequent Bible translations and the development of modern biblical scholarship.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Erasmus’s Greek New Testament editions canonical | 1 |
| Erasmus’s Latin New Testament | 1 |
| Greek New Testament editions | 1 |
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Target entity: Erasmus’s Greek New Testament editions Context triple: [September Testament, basedOn, Erasmus’s Greek New Testament editions]
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Robinson–Pierpont Byzantine Greek New Testament editions
The Robinson–Pierpont Byzantine Greek New Testament editions are critical editions of the Greek New Testament that present a standardized form of the Byzantine text, emphasizing the majority-text tradition in textual criticism.
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New Testament textual apparatus
The New Testament textual apparatus is a critical tool in biblical scholarship that presents and evaluates the variant readings of New Testament manuscripts to help determine the most reliable text.
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C.
A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament
A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament is Bruce M. Metzger’s influential scholarly work that explains significant textual variants in the New Testament and the reasoning behind their evaluation in modern critical editions.
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D.
United Bible Societies Greek New Testament
The United Bible Societies Greek New Testament is a critically edited scholarly edition of the Greek New Testament widely used as a standard base text for modern Bible translations and academic study.
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E.
Annotationes maiores in Novum Testamentum
Annotationes maiores in Novum Testamentum is a major scholarly commentary on the New Testament by Reformation theologian Theodore Beza, offering extensive exegetical and textual notes.
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Target entity: Erasmus’s Greek New Testament editions Target entity description: Erasmus’s Greek New Testament editions are early 16th-century critical printed texts of the New Testament in Greek that profoundly shaped subsequent Bible translations and the development of modern biblical scholarship.
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A.
Robinson–Pierpont Byzantine Greek New Testament editions
The Robinson–Pierpont Byzantine Greek New Testament editions are critical editions of the Greek New Testament that present a standardized form of the Byzantine text, emphasizing the majority-text tradition in textual criticism.
-
B.
New Testament textual apparatus
The New Testament textual apparatus is a critical tool in biblical scholarship that presents and evaluates the variant readings of New Testament manuscripts to help determine the most reliable text.
-
C.
A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament
A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament is Bruce M. Metzger’s influential scholarly work that explains significant textual variants in the New Testament and the reasoning behind their evaluation in modern critical editions.
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D.
United Bible Societies Greek New Testament
The United Bible Societies Greek New Testament is a critically edited scholarly edition of the Greek New Testament widely used as a standard base text for modern Bible translations and academic study.
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E.
Annotationes maiores in Novum Testamentum
Annotationes maiores in Novum Testamentum is a major scholarly commentary on the New Testament by Reformation theologian Theodore Beza, offering extensive exegetical and textual notes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
critical edition of the New Testament
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printed Greek New Testament ⓘ |
| aim |
to correct the Latin Vulgate
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to provide a more accurate text of the New Testament ⓘ |
| associatedMovement |
Northern Renaissance
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surface form:
Northern Renaissance humanism
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| basedOn |
Byzantine Greek manuscripts
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Vulgate tradition for some readings ⓘ late medieval Greek manuscripts ⓘ |
| century | 16th century ⓘ |
| contains |
Erasmus’s annotations
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Greek text of the New Testament ⓘ Latin translation of the New Testament ⓘ |
| controversy | criticized for textual haste and limited manuscript base ⓘ |
| edition |
1516 first edition
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1519 second edition ⓘ 1522 third edition ⓘ 1527 fourth edition ⓘ 1535 fifth edition ⓘ |
| editor | Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ |
| field | New Testament textual criticism ⓘ |
| firstEditionPlace |
Basel-Stadt
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surface form:
Basel
|
| firstEditionYear | 1516 ⓘ |
| firstPrinter | Johann Froben ⓘ |
| impact |
shaped the Greek text underlying many early modern Bibles
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stimulated scholarly study of the Greek New Testament ⓘ |
| includesParatext |
marginal notes
ⓘ
prefaces ⓘ text-critical comments ⓘ |
| influenced |
Beza’s Greek New Testament
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King James Version ⓘ Luther Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Luther’s German New Testament
Reformation-era Bible translations ⓘ Stephanus’s Greek New Testament ⓘ Textus Receptus ⓘ Tyndale Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Tyndale’s English New Testament
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| language | Koine Greek ⓘ |
| laterIncludes | 1 John 5:7 Comma Johanneum under pressure ⓘ |
| laterTitle |
Textus Receptus
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surface form:
Novum Testamentum omne
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| method |
comparison of available Greek manuscripts
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use of back-translation from Latin where Greek was lacking ⓘ |
| numberOfEditionsByErasmus | 5 ⓘ |
| omits | 1 John 5:7 Comma Johanneum in earliest editions ⓘ |
| significance |
first published Greek New Testament
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foundation for early modern biblical philology ⓘ major source for the Textus Receptus tradition ⓘ |
| titleOfFirstEdition | Novum Instrumentum omne ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Catholic scholars
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Protestant reformers ⓘ |
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Erasmus’s Latin New Testament
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Greek New Testament editions