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1519 Erasmus Greek Latin Parallel New Testament
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The publication of Erasmus's New Testament was a landmark in the critical study of Scripture and was the epitome of his (Erasmus of Rotterdam) desire for a return to the sources of the Christian tradition. Its production and legacy illuminate the intellectual climate of Western Europe and the growth of a new type of Biblical scholarship based upon scholarship methods. The original like our facsimile edition measures 13.25 inches tall, 9.5 inches wide and 2.25 inches thick. This facsimile edition consists of the original Greek text and a new translation into classical Latin arranged in parallel columns.

This text was the first Greek Testament to be published, appearing in 1516. Erasmus made alterations to his text and subsequent editions were produced in his lifetime, in 1519, 1522, 1527 and 1535. Although not based on the greater number of manuscripts available to scholars in later centuries, Erasmus's text served as the foundation for critical editions of the Greek New Testament into the modern era.

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Critical Biblical Scholarship can be said to have begun in Italy at the end of the twelfth century and had spread across Western Europe by the early sixteenth century. Command of classical languages was essential in the public life of the Renaissance man and the medieval approach to letters was superseded. Ttextual criticism of Biblical studies became an idea no longer suppressed by fear. The influence of these ideas was seen in the editing of texts, the production of translations and the explanation of works which had been edited or translated. A revival of Greek learning was felt to be crucial if a true understanding of classical Latin texts was to be obtained. This approach also influenced the study of the New Testament, originally written by the Apostles in Greek, but which tended to be translated before this period from the Latin Vulgate alone. Scholars such as Erasmus also sought an accurate historical interpretation of what New Testament writings meant to their earliest audiences, rather than interpreting the text through anachronistic scholastic categories of grace and faith, as medieval writers often tended to.

For Erasmus the work was treated first and foremost as a text and he used skills of modern editors to analyse it, assembling manuscripts and variant readings and formulating principles of textual analysis. He had a detached historical attitude to the period of Biblical antiquity.

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The Regular Edition

Our Regular Edition Facsimile Reproduction of the 1519 Erasmus Greek Latin Parallel New Testament measures approximately 13.25 inches tall by 9.5 inches wide by 2.25 inches thick. The binding is hardcover maroon Skyvertex with gold stamping along the spine. Each page was computer-scanned from the original, and printed on heavy acid free paper. There is no other facsimile of the 1519 like this for sale in the world.

Our facsimiles are all computer-scanned images from a genuine original, transferred directly to paper to produce an exact likeness of the genuine source material without the slightest alteration of appearance.

Most people have never seen what the original1519 Erasmus Greek Latin Parallel New Testament looks like, and having one in your home will provide you with a great conversation-piece, and an object of great beauty.

The Deluxe Edition

Our Deluxe Edition 1519 Erasmus Greek Latin Parallel New Testament is bound in fine Elmo leather with raised hubs and gold foil stamping. It is a presentation that would attract attention and intrique.

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ITEM # ER-1519-1: $295 - The Regular 1519 Erasmus Greek Latin Parallel New Testament Facsimile.

ITEM # ER-2529-2: $395 - The Deluxe 1519 Erasmus Greek Latin Parallel
New Testament in fine Elmo leather with raised hubs and gold foil stamping. A true collector's piece.

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