Subject: Re: Question about greek behind KJV

From: "Kevin W. Woodruff" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 1997 14:13:32 -0400 (EDT)

Andrew:

At least four Greek texts were consulted
1. the 1550 edition of Robert Stephens (Stephanus/Estienne)
2. The 1589 edition by Beza
3. The Complutesian polyglot done under Cardinal Ximes at Alcala
4. the various editons done by Erasmus

Frederick Scriven dicusses their various usages in his Cambridge Paragraph
Bible pages c-ciii

At 02:39 PM 6/22/97 +0900, you wrote:
>TCers,
>
>Which Greek text(s) were consulted when the KJV was translated?
>
>According to the preface of the KJV, it is a revision of other English
>Bibles like Bishop's, Wycliffe's and The Great Bible and the Greek was
>only consulted, rather than used as a translation basis.
>
>Now it is generally held that the TR was used. But the term Textus
>Receptus came from a publisher's blurb in the Elzevir's 2nd edition GNT
>of 1633, and the KJV was published in 1611.
>
>My current understanding is that the Greek text behind the KJV was the
>Stephanus 1551. Is this correct? I have also heard others say that it
>was an edition published by Theodore Beza...
>
>The Stephanus editions are revisions of Erasmus's text which he
>initially rushed out the door using only a hand full of late manuscripts
>and then made some corrections using the Complutum Polyglot.
>
>Does anyone know what manuscripts Erasmus used to create his edition?
>
>cheers,
>Andrew
>
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