Focusing on the work of Lorenzo Valla, the Spanish Complutensian
scholars, and Erasmus of Rotterdam, this book examines the New
Testament studies of the Renaissance humanists rather than their
more frequently studied religious, moral, and political thought.
Jerry H. Bentley shows that the humanists brought about a thorough
reorientation in the Western tradition of New Testament studies. He
finds that the humanists' methods both anticipated and influenced
later New Testament scholarship.
The humanists rejected the medieval practice of studying the
New Testament only in Latin translation and interpreting it in
accordance with preconceived theological criteria. Instead, they
insisted that New Testament studies be based on the original Greek
text, and they employed linguistic, historical, and philological
criteria in explaining the scriptures. This study rests on an
analysis of the New Testament manuscripts that the humanists
consulted and of the New Testament editions, translations,
annotations, an commentaries that they prepared.
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