The Aldine Bible (full title: ''Πάντα τὰ κατ᾿ ἐξοχὴν καλούμενα βιβλία, θείας δηλαδὴ γραφῆς παλαιᾶς τε καὶ νέας. Sacrae scripturae veteris novaeque omnia.'') is an edition of the

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in Greek (the

Septuagint The Greek Old Testament, or Septuagint (, ; from the la, septuaginta, lit=seventy; often abbreviated ''70''; in Roman numerals, LXX), is the earliest extant Greek translation of books from the Hebrew Bible. It includes several books beyond ...

is used for the Old Testament) begun by Aldus Manutius, and published in

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in 1518 by the

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. It is the first complete Bible printed entirely in Greek (the Old Testament is the

) to be published.

History

Manutius dreamed of a

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Bible but never saw it come to fruition. However, before his death Manutius had begun an edition of the

, also known as the Greek Old Testament translated from

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, the first ever to be published; it appeared posthumously in 1518. This edition is the first complete Bible printed entirely in Greek (first edition of the whole Bible in Greek; the text contained in the

Complutensian Polyglot The Complutensian Polyglot Bible is the name given to the first printed polyglot of the entire Bible. The edition was initiated and financed by Cardinal Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros (1436–1517) and published by Complutense University in Alc ...

, though dated 1514-17, was not published before 1520). It was edited by , the father-in-law of Aldus (Pt. I. edited by Andreas Asolanus, pt. II. by , and pt. III., the New Testament, by Franciscus Asolanus).

Characteristics

The text of this edition is based on the Complutensian text for the Old Testament, and upon the first edition of the New Testament by Erasmus for the

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. The full title of the Aldine Bible is: ''Πάντα τὰ κατ᾿ ἐξοχὴν καλούμενα βιβλία, θείας δηλαδὴ γραφῆς παλαιᾶς τε καὶ νέας. Sacrae scripturae veteris novaeque omnia. Colophon: Venetiis in aedib sAldi et Andreae soceri. mdxviii., mense Februario.''

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* * {{cite EB1911, wstitle=Manutius , volume= 17 , last = Symonds , first= John Addington , pages= 624, 625, 626 Editions of the Septuagint 1518 books

History

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