Erwin Nestle (22 May 1883 in

Münsingen, Germany Münsingen (Swabian: ''Mensenga'') is a town in the district of Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 23 km southeast of Reutlingen, and 37 km west of Ulm. History The name Münsingen is probably derived from Aleman ...

– 1972), son of

Eberhard Nestle Eberhard Nestle (1 May 1851, Stuttgart – 9 March 1913, Stuttgart) was a German biblical scholar, textual critic, orientalist, editor of the '' Novum Testamentum Graece'', and the father of Erwin Nestle. Life Nestle was a son of the upper t ...

, was a German

scholar A scholar is a person who pursues academic and intellectual activities, particularly academics who apply their intellectualism into expertise in an area of study. A scholar can also be an academic, who works as a professor, teacher, or researche ...

who continued editing his father's "Nestle Edition" of the

New Testament The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Christ ...

in Greek, adding a full critical apparatus in the thirteenth edition.

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1883 births 1972 deaths People from Münsingen, Germany {{Authority control