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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Good condition for 339 years old book.
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1615 GENEVA ENGLISH Breeches BIBLE printed in London by Robert Barker
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1615 GENEVA ENGLISH Breeches BIBLE
Written on fly page: “This Bible Reign of Elizabeth, Famous Geneva Bible. The first Bible that laid aside the old black letters for the present Roman type. It was also the first to recognize the divisions into verses and the first to omit the Apocrypha (Apocrypha is included in this Bible). It omits the name of St Paul from the epistle to the Hebrews and it uses italics for all words not included in the original”.
Dimensions: Approx. 8 3/4 inches in length x 7 inches in width x 3 inches in depth.
Shipping Weight: Approx. 5.2 pounds.
Title: GENEVA ENGLISH Breeches BIBLE
Format/binding: Hardback-Full Leather
Book condition: Used Antique – Good
Publisher: Robert Barker – London
Date Published: 1615
Size: Quarto
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