The Aldine Bible[1][2][3] (full title: Πάντα τὰ κατ᾿ ἐξοχὴν καλούμενα βιβλία, θείας δηλαδὴ γραφῆς παλαιᾶς τε καὶ νέας. Sacrae scripturae veteris novaeque omnia.) is an edition of the Bible in Greek (the Septuagint is used for the Old Testament) begun by Aldus Manutius, and published in Venice in 1518 by the Aldine Press. It is the first complete Bible printed entirely in Greek (its Old Testament is the Septuagint) to be published.
 Title page of the 1518 edition | |
| Language | Greek |
|---|---|
| Published | 1518 |
History
editManutius dreamed of a trilingual Bible but never saw it come to fruition.[4] However, before his death Manutius had begun an edition of the Septuagint, also known as the Greek Old Testament translated from Hebrew, the first ever to be published; it appeared posthumously in 1518.[5] This edition is the first complete Bible printed entirely in Greek[6][7] (first edition of the whole Bible in Greek; the text contained in the Complutensian Polyglot, though dated 1514-17, was not published before 1520).
It was edited by Andreas Asolanus, the father-in-law of Aldus[6][7] (pt. I. was edited by Andreas Asolanus, pt. II. by Federicus Asolanus, and pt. III. – the New Testament – by Franciscus Asolanus[8]).
Characteristics
editThe text of this edition is based on the Complutensian text for the Old Testament, and upon the first edition of the New Testament by Erasmus for the New Testament.[6][7]
The full title of the Aldine Bible is: Πάντα τὰ κατ᾿ ἐξοχὴν καλούμενα βιβλία, θείας δηλαδὴ γραφῆς παλαιᾶς τε καὶ νέας. Sacrae scripturae veteris novaeque omnia. Colophon: Venetiis in aedib[us] Aldi et Andreae soceri. mdxviii., mense Februario.[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Killeen, Kevin; Smith, Helen; Willie, Rachel; Willie, Rachel Judith (2015). "Chronology". The Oxford Handbook of the Bible in Early Modern England, C. 1530-1700. Oxford University Press. p. 660. ISBN 978-0-19-968697-1.
- ^ Hastings, James (2004) [1898]. A Dictionary of the Bible. Vol. IV, Part I (Pleroma - Shimon). The Minerva Group, Inc. pp. 446, 448. ISBN 978-1-4102-1728-8.
- ^ Sider, Robert D., ed. (2019). The New Testament Scholarship of Erasmus. University of Toronto Press. pp. 195, 461. ISBN 978-0-8020-9222-9.
- ^ Fletcher III 1988.
- ^ Symonds 1911, p. 624.
- ^ a b c "Aldine Greek Bible, 1518". Loyola Marymount University Digital Collections. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
- ^ a b c Ackroyd, Peter R.; Evans, Christopher Francis; Greenslade, S. L.; Lampe, Geoffrey William Hugo (1963). The Cambridge History of the Bible: Volume 3, The West from the Reformation to the Present Day. Cambridge University Press. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-521-29016-6.
- ^ Torresanus, Andreas; Asulanus, Franciscus; Torresano, Federico; Manuzio, Aldo; Hoffmann, Ferdinand (1518). Παντα τα κατ' εξοχην καλουμενα Βιβλια θειας δηλαδη Γραφης παλαιας τε και Νεας = Sacrae Scripturae Ueteris Nouaeque omnia. Venitiis: In aedibus Aldi et Andreae soceri. OCLC 6248501.
- ^ Swete, H. B. (1914). "Introduction to the Old Testament in Greek. Additional Notes. CHAPTER VI. PRINTED TEXTS OF THE SEPTUAGINT". Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Archived from the original on 3 November 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
Sources
edit- Fletcher III, Harry George (1988). New Aldine Studies. San Francisco: Bernard M. Rosenthal, Inc. ISBN 9780960009411.
- Symonds, John Addington (1911). . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 624, 625, 626.