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| 1582 edition; title page (part) |
Major editions
11556/57: e-rara (Beza’s NT in Volume 2, from [541] onwards) (Bibliothèque de Genève, shelf mark Bb 2341); GB and GB (a better copy).
21565: e-rara (Bibliothèque de Genève, shelf mark Bb 794).
31582: e-rara (Bibliothèque de Genève, shelf mark Bb 2222).
41588/1589: e-rara (Lausanne : Bibliothèque, shelf mark 2015); CSNTM; IA; GB.
51598: e-rara (Bibliothèque de Genève, shelf mark X 2990); GB (Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon, call number 20121).
Special cases
1559: unauthorised Basel edition: e-rara (Bibliothèque de Genève, shelf mark Bb 2347); ULB Sachsen-Anhalt.
1563: Beza’s Responsio against Castellio (referred to on the title page of the 1565 and 1582 editions): e-rara (Bibliothèque de Genève, shelf mark Bb 150).
1565: a special copy with Beza’s own handwritten notes in preparation of the third edition (MHR O4 cd (565) a): réro (no longer accessible; one can try the Internet Archive).
1569: Tremellius’ Syriac NT, with Beza’s Greek and Latin text included: e-rara (both volumes); GB (Matt-John).
1594: the Annotationes printed separately: e-rara.
1642: the Cambridge edition, with Camerarius’ commentary: EEBO (limited access).
Minor editions
11565: e-rara.
21567: e-rara.
31580: e-rara; GB.
41590: e-rara
51604: GB (vol. 1); GB (vol. 2).
Other
1575: a Latin-only edition which introduces Chapter summaries: GB.
Suggestions for additions are welcome in the comments; this post will be updated when new sources are found.
Updates
20 May 2013: GB link to 41588 added; category “Other” and the 1575 edition added (HT: Emanuel Contac).
19 August 2013: second GB link to 11556 added.
18 September 2013: e-rara link to the 1569 Syriac edition added.
3 February 2016: e-rara links to 11556 and 41588 added.
2 February 2017: e-rara links changed to doi; added shelf marks.
9 December 2024: GB for 1598 added; some links updated; some minor corrections.
21 comments:
Donald Perry
5 Davis Ave.
Kearny, NJ 07032
directionalism@yahoo.com
973-789-6408
Dear Jan Krans,
I am having some big problems and I was hoping you or someone you know might be able to help me out.
Beza had 5 major editions.
11556/57: GB. There is no Greek in this version, only Beza's translation, the Vulgate, and his notes.
21565: e-rara.
31582: e-rara.
41588/1589: CSNTM; IA. This version is where he started using codex Beza and codex claromontanus.
51598: e-rara. This one is believed to have been used for the KJV.
1. I found Beza 1988 edition here http://archive.org/details/testamentvmnovvm00bzet and here http://www.csntm.org/printedbook/viewbook/TestamentumNovum. Do you know where I can view the other four editions on-line? I need them to resolve problems I have having with the Beza text type and other questions.
2a. I cannot understand the Greek alphabet that Beza is using. Do you have a list of the letters he used or know where I can find one? For example I had read an article about Rev. 16:5 here http://www.bibleone.org/Article.aspx?channel=1&article=33 but Beza's Epsilon "e" he makes like an "S" or sometimes something else strange seemingly indiscriminately. Here he also makes his Eta "n" look like a backward "J" seemingly indiscriminately.
2b. Beza's spelling is different than Elzevir. I cannot understand what he is doing or how http://www.bibleone.org/Article.aspx?channel=1&article=33 interprets what he has into Greek letters the way they do concerning Rev. 16:5. Concerning Kai or Tou for example this spelling seems different.
3. Do you know where I can get a normal Greek type text Beza Bible; such as is now available for Stephonus 1550, Elzevir 1624, or Scrivener's backward translation of the KJV into Greek?
4. Can you suggest a Latin dictionary that would work for the Beza 1588 text you have?
Your truly,
Donald Perry
One correction: Codex Bezae and Codex Claromontanus are already used for the 1582 edition.
As for the questions:
1. The blogpost was written to answer this one ... (so I surmise this comment was actually first written for another occasion)
2. The printers use a Greek type font that closely resembles, even imitates, the handwriting of a famous 16th-century Greek scribe. One needs to get used to Greek minuscule hands in order to read editions such as Beza’s correctly.
3. There is no electronic version of Beza’s Greek text (of whatever of his four major editions that carry a Greek text); a word of warning though: those electronic versions of Stephanus 1550 or Elzevir 1624 are not reliable at all. People should not cite them and pretend they have really given the readings of those editions (or understood what is going on in them).
4. Any good Latin dictionary would help a lot; nothing can replace the experience of reading large portions of 16th-century Latin, though.
Dear Jan Krans,
Thank you for your quick answer! I also just bought your book, it is very expensive, but I myself do not have the time, so I am glad you did it, it would have cost me much more that way.
You wrote: "..those electronic versions of Stephanus 1550 or Elzevir 1624 are not reliable at all. People should not cite them and pretend they have really given the readings of those editions (or understood what is going on in them)."
Someone, like yourself, should make the corrections. I would gladly pay you in advance for such a work. I do not like Scrivener, because he resorted to the Latin texts when (or so I hear) the KJV only used Greek. How is it that there are so many mistakes in these electronic versions? It is increasable that no one has come up with a worthy 1589 Beza text yet!, and that no one seems to care.
BTW, your links did not work before, they went to empty pages, which is why I asked the first question in my previous letter. When I tried to do a search on my own in that library I could not find those 5.
Yours truly,
Donald Perry
"The third edition of Stephanus (1550) became the standard form of the Greek NT text in England and that of the Elzevirs (1633) on the continent.^[4]^ The Stephanus 1550 text as given in Beza’s edition of 1598 was the main source for translators of the 1611 King James Version of the Bible." http://www.theopedia.com/Textus_Receptus
I was able to print up my own Elzevir NT on lulu.com, however all I could find is 1624.
Someone should also make a reliable Elzevir version. I do not know what year would be best though, or why there is no 1633 that I can find.
Presently I am using the 1624.
DJP
Jan, Do you have links for Erasmus' NT's that we could use?
Thanks,
DJP
Yes, I have a post on the Erasmus editions as well.
Thanks for the links, Jan.
Q: what about the 1575(Latin) Edition? its title is I have it on my PC, it's Google-ized.
I can't see the title, sorry, here is it:
IESV CHRISTI D. N. NOUUM TESTAMENTVM, Theodoro Beza interprete.
Jan,
I suggest that you add in the category "special editions" this 1575 (only Latin) edition, which is the first (to my knowledge), to contain the chapter summaries published in the later minor diglots. I have checked the 1580 and the 1590 minor editions and these summaries are there. The 1575 latin translation with glosses and chapter summaries has been digitized twice by Google.
(1) http://books.google.ro/books?id=DsBIAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Novum+intitle:Testamentum&hl=ro&sa=X&ei=UWmWUdPfHsPsPMKZgJAH&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
(2)http://books.google.ro/books?id=_nlRAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Novum+intitle:Testamentum&hl=ro&sa=X&ei=UWmWUdPfHsPsPMKZgJAH&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
Emanuel Contac, Romania
Dear Jan Krans,
Do you know if there is an online scanned text available of the Greek edition of the NT of Robertus Stephanus 1551 (the first edition with verse numbering, Geneva). However the Stephanus 1550 edition is the most famous one (Paris), also the Stephanus 1551 had a large influence, not only by verse numbering, but also by some readings that were adopted in the editions of Beza en Elzevir.
Kees Valk
Dear Kees,
Ghent University had its copy scanned by Google Books. The quality is not very good, but at least you can find the volumes here.
Dear Jan, thank you very much for the link to Stephanus 1551 (this would be otherwise hardly to find). I'm also looking for online scans of Elzevir 1624 (I found already in google books Elzevir 1633). Thank you very much.
If you do a GB search on "Novum Testamentum" and limit the custom time range to 1624, you will find one or two full-view copies (bad quality, still, one even with the pages inverted, but still).
Dear Jan,
I´m really excited that I found this site. Some time ago I managed to download Stephanus 1551, I don´t remember where I got it from. The matter is that its the first volume, that is, from Matthew to Acts. I´d love to have the second volume. I went into the site you suggested to Kees but had no luck. I will be very grateful for any info on how or where to download that second volume. Thank you very much in advance.
The link I suggested to Kees Valk takes you to the catalogue site of Ghent University, where you can choose both the first and the second volume.
Thank you very much, Jan. It´s wonderful to have so close such great treasures, and to think that in the past it was virtually impossible to set our eyes upon them.
Dear Jans Krans & Co.,
I am currently doing a study on 2 Thessalonians 2:3. I am aware that Theodore Beza "in 1565 issued an edition of the Greek New Testament, accompanied in parallel columns by the text of the Vulgate and a translation of his own (already published as early as 1556)."
I happened to find your blog online when I was looking for this edition. I clicked your "Major editions 1. 1556/57: e-rara (Beza’s NT in Volume 2, from [541] onwards) (Bibliothèque de Genève, shelf mark Bb 2341); GB and GB (a better copy)," and eventually arrived at the following link -
https://books.google.com/books?id=e5dUAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=true
I know nothing about Latin, as the expression goes "it's Greek to me!" But, what I want to know, is this Beza's own translation with his added annotations "greatly enriched and enlarged."
If so, is there an English translation of the 1556 Edition with his Commentary and Annotations that I could get a link to? Or, any other commentary by him on this scripture verse?
If not, is it possible for someone to translate 2 Thessalonians 2:3 from the 1556 Edition into English, along with his own Commentary & Annotations, so that I know exactly what he has to say in English, in reference to this scripture?
I would be so grateful for anyone's assistance in this matter.
You guys are the best! Thank you all!
Sincerely,
Steve Arviso
San Fernando Valley, CA. U.S.A
kanyondweller@yahoo.com
There are no English translations of Beza’s work on the New Testament, only some scattered citations in scholarly books and articles. The 1560 Geneva stays very close to Beza's text and opinions, but not slavishly.
In my view, anyone who wants to do in-depth study of 16th-century biblical scholarship (or pontificate on it) should be able to handle the Latin independently.
Hi Jan Krans,
Wonderful blog post. Maybe you can you help a little with Beza and Luke 2:22, her purification, following up on Beyond What is Written. Was 1582 the first Greek edition with “her”, αὐτῆς? Beza’s note of 1556 supports “her” (which likely was a spur to 'her purification' as the text in the 1560 Geneva). And then there is the 1582 note addition. Did Beza leave the old plural reading 'their', αὐτῶν in 1565? If so, any thoughts why? :)
FYI: on the superb Jean Gagny note the book edition is 1559 but he is listed as passing in 1549. In which case the note was written a decade or more earlier than the edition. And this Gagny note looks to be the best note on Luke 2:22 and Greek manuscripts in the 1500s, and even much later. There is a John Mill note in the 1700s and also Hi Jan Krans,
Wonderful blog post. Maybe you can you help a little with Beza and Luke 2:22, her purification, following up on Beyond What is Written. Was 1582 the first Greek edition with “her”, αὐτῆς? Beza’s note of 1556 supports “her” (which likely was a spur to 'her purification' as the text in the 1560 Geneva). And then there is the 1582 note addition. Did Beza leave the old plural reading 'their', αὐτῶν in 1565? If so, why? :)
FYI: on the superb Jean Gagny note the book edition is 1559 but he is listed as passing in 1549. In which case the note was written a decade or more earlier than the edition. And this Gagny note looks to be the best note on Luke 2:22 and Greek manuscripts in the 1500s, and even much later. In the 1700s John Mill steps in, and also Willem Surenhuis (1666-1729) in his Liber conciliationis in loca ex Vetere et Novo Testamento (1713).
Side question:
Is there any study showing some of the major differences between the two Beza Latin editions of 1565, Vulgate vs. corrected Latin? Would love to see the 10 biggest updates. Erasmus #4 of 1527 also had Vulgate and corrected editions.
Any help appreciated!
Especially on Beza and Luke 2:22.
Thanks!
Steven Avery
Dutchess County, NY USA
www.linktr.ee/stevenavery
Since αὐτῆς in Luke 2:22 looks like a conjectural emendation by the Complutensian editors, the case can be found in the Amsterdam Database (see cj12695).
I am looking for help with Beza's annotation between the almsgiving reading the the righteous acts reading. Am I correct that he only switched to the righteous acts reading in his final edition? Also, he mentioned the two oldest codex Mss at that note. Which codices was he referring?
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