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Greek New Testament (Novum Instrumentum)

Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam
1516 · Greek with Latin parallel translation
Critical edition of Greek NT with Latin translation · Renaissance Christian humanism / biblical scholarship

The first published critical Greek text of the New Testament — Erasmus's 1516 Novum Instrumentum

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Attribute Greek New Testament (Novum Instrumentum) (Mid)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Finite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Scripture
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Greek New Testament (Novum Instrumentum)

Early Christian time of NT composition; Renaissance time of textual recovery.

Space

Greek New Testament (Novum Instrumentum)

European Renaissance intellectual space.

Matter

Greek New Testament (Novum Instrumentum)

Material manuscripts and printed editions.

Observer

Greek New Testament (Novum Instrumentum)

Christian biblical scholar.

Energy

Greek New Testament (Novum Instrumentum)

Intellectual energies of textual scholarship.

Information

Greek New Testament (Novum Instrumentum)

Greek NT text recovered through critical scholarship.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Greek New Testament (Novum Instrumentum)

Erasmus's edition was controversial — Catholic opposition; paradoxically used by Protestant Reformers.