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1. Citation 2

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   Context within Erasmus's Novum Instrumentum omne
   The primary scholarly debate surrounding Erasmus’s Greek New Testament centers on his commitment to ad fontes (to the sources) 1. While Erasmus sought the most accurate Koine Greek, the available manuscripts were often incomplete or contained interpolations. Citation 2 frequently points toward early 20th-century analyses that scrutinize Erasmus’s handling of these source materials, particularly regarding passages where his Greek text diverged notably from the established Vulgate [2](…

2. Desiderius Erasmus

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   The Humanist Turn and Ad Fontes
   Erasmus became a leading proponent of Christian Humanism, a movement dedicated to reviving the piety and clarity of early Christianity through philological study. This commitment manifested in his insistence on the principle of ad fontes—to the sources. Unlike some contemporary scholars who treated the Vulgate Latin Bible as infallible, Erasmus argued that scriptural authority could only be properly understood by examining the original Koine Greek and Hebrew texts.
   His most significant scholarly achievement i…