Beza's Textus Receptus (1598)

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Theodore Beza (1519–1605) is known for his Greek translation of the New Testament. This New Testament translation is in Greek. The original also has notes and is also accompanied by Beza's Latin version on the New Testament and the Vulgate.

Beza was a French Reformer who succeeded Calvin in Geneva, was an intellectual who produced many literary works. Among his many achievements were his eleven editions of the Greek New Testament. Beza’s text was largely that of Stephanus’ 1551 edition, but he also utilized, though to a very limited degree, both Codex Cantabrigiensis (aka Codex Bezae) and Codex Claromontanus. The first he donated to Cambridge University in 1581, with an accompanying letter that noted that the University would know what to do with such an eccentric manuscript. The second, which he discovered, is now housed at the Bibliotheque nationale in Paris. Beza’s 1598 edition of his Greek New Testament was especially used by the King James translators.^[1]

Editions of Theodore Beza

Major editions

1. 1556/57 e-rara (Beza’s NT in Volume 2, from [541] onwards); GB and GB (a better copy)
2. 1565 e-rara.
3. 1582 e-rara.
4. 1588/89 e-rara; CSNTM; IA; GB.
5. 1598 e-rara.

Special cases

1559: unauthorised Basel edition: e-rara; ULB Sachsen-Anhalt.
1563: Beza’s Responsio against Castellio (referred to on the title page of the 1565 edition): e-rara
1565: a special copy with Beza’s own handwritten notes in preparation of the third edition (MHR O4 cd (565) a): réro.
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

Other

1575: a Latin-only edition which introduces Chapter summaries: GB

References

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