Erasmus – Hermes

Greek and Latin Paratexts in the “Novum Testamentum”

Laura Truzzu (KU Leuven) Erasmus of Rotterdam’s edition of the New Testament is a monument to early modern bilingual scholarship. Published in 1516 as the Novum Instrumentum, it presented a Greek text of the New Testament, the first ever to appear in print, alongside a revised Latin translation, supplemented by an extensive collection of annotations.Continue reading “Greek and Latin Paratexts in the “Novum Testamentum””