Erasmus Opens a Floodgate to Translation Tradition

On Today in Church His-Story (Episode 6), we learn about the irony surrounding humanist scholar Erasmas of Rotterdam. The intellect and boldness of Erasmus led him to translate a brand new version of the Latin Scriptures. Such was revolutionary. But Erasmus then warned Martin Luther about basing Luther’s German translation of Scripture on his own. Listen to find out why.

Episode 6- February 1, 1516, Erasmus Opens a Floodgate of Translation Tradition
Andrew Smith