Term
Novum Instrumentum
Also known as Novum Testamentum Omne
The first published Greek New Testament, consisting of a series of bilingual Latin-Greek editions with scholarly annotations prepared by Erasmus.
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Definition
Later titled Novum Testamentum Omne, was a series of bilingual Latin Greek New Testaments with substantial scholarly annotations, and the first printed New Testament of the Greek to be published. They were prepared by Desiderius Erasmus (1466–1536) in consultation with leading scholars and printed by Johann Froben (1460–1527) of Basel.
Sources
- 1.The Authorized Edition of the English Bible (1611): Its Subsequent Reprints and Modern Representatives. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1910).Original citation: Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose. The Authorized Edition of the English Bible (1611): Its Subsequent Reprints and Modern Representatives. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1910.
Last revised August 14, 2026