Work
Erasmus's Greek New Testament
Erasmus's edition of the New Testament in Greek, printed by Froben at Basel in 1516 and again in 1519.
- Dates
- 1516
- Place
- Basel
Printed by Johann Froben at Basel. Martin Luther used its second edition for his Luther’s German New Testament (1522).
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- Johann Froben 1516 Scholarship & press 1
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Luther's German New Testament (1522)
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The Pitts Theology Library adds that Luther worked from the Greek rather than merely translating the Vulgate.
Timeline 2 dates
- 1516 Erasmus's Greek New Testament
- 1516 Johann Froben produced Erasmus's Greek New Testament
Proof 3 sources
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Luther's Correspondence and Other Contemporary Letters, volume I, 1507-1521 (the editors' notes), Lutheran Publication Society, Philadelphia (scan on the Internet Archive), 1913.
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In 1514 he formed a connection with Erasmus for the purpose of bringing out the Greek Testament and Jerome's works, both of which appeared in 1516.
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Luther's Bible Translations - 1522: the September Testament and the December Testament (Gruber Rare Books Collection), Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, JKM Library.
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Luther's translation was based on the second edition of the Greek text edited by Erasmus in 1519.
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Printing the Reformation (Reformation Counterfeits), Pitts Theology Library, Emory University.
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Erasmus' New Testament provided the basis for the translation.
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