:''To be distinguished from Diego de Zúñiga of Salamanca (1536–1597)'' Diego López de Zúñiga, Latin: Jacobus Lopis Stunica (ca. 1470 in Estremadura - 1531 in

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) was a Spanish humanist and biblical scholar noted for his controversies with

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and Lefèvre d'Etaples and leadership of the team of editors for the

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. He was born around 1470 in Extremadura, to an aristocratic family; his brother

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. In 1502 Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros recruited him for the team that would produce the ''Complutensian Polyglot''. López de Zúñiga controverted Erasmus on a number of points of Biblical translation. A contemporary view is that, while at times he defended the ''

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'' excessively, he made valid points in some other cases and showed up deficiencies of Erasmus who lacked the same command of Hebrew and Aramaic.Hall, pp. 76–7.

Works

* ''Annotationes Iacobi Lopidis Stunicae contra Erasmum Roterodamum in defensionem tralationis Novi Testamenti''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lopez de Zuniga, Diego 1531 deaths 16th-century Spanish Roman Catholic theologians Roman Catholic biblical scholars Spanish Renaissance humanists Year of birth unknown University of Salamanca alumni