Description
The 1686 Theodore Beza Latin New Testament is a specific edition of Theodore Beza’s translation of the New Testament into Latin.
Key information about it:
- Translator: Theodore Beza.
- Language: Latin.
- Format: Small, pocket-sized edition (12 x 7 cm).
- Significance:
- Theodore Beza was a prominent French Reformed Protestant theologian and scholar, the successor of John Calvin in Geneva.
- Beza played a vital role in the Reformation.
- His New Testament work was instrumental in shaping both the Geneva Bible and the King James Version.
- His 1598 edition of the Greek New Testament served as a base for the King James translators.
- His most important version of the Textus Receptus (Greek New Testament), which he progressively refined from the Stephanus 1551 edition, was the influential 1598 edition.
- He also published an annotated Latin edition of the New Testament in 1556 and a Greek text in 1565.
In summary, the 1686 Theodore Beza Latin New Testament is a historical and significant piece of biblical translation history, reflecting the impact of Beza’s work during the Protestant Reformation.
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1643 Bible Magna Commentariorum Literalium 5 VOL Great Bible Literal Commentaries
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The Great Bible [ Biblia Magna ] Commentaries by Jean de la Haye.
This is a Vulgate Bible Commentary – published in five (5) volumes in Paris, 1643; the first three and last two volumes relate respectively to the Old and New Testaments. This Vulgate is the first Latin translation, from the Septuagint, dating from the 4th century. (century of the Edict of Milan) and attributed to Saint Jerome; said translation was the reference for a long time.
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