Saturday, September 19, 2015

Te totum applica ad textum: rem totam applica ad te.

     Johann Albrecht Bengel, Praefatio to the octavo Greek Testament of 1734 (Η ΚΑΙΝΗ ΔΙΑΘΗΚΗ | NOVUM TESTAMENTUM GRÆCUM ita adornatum ut in textu medulla editionum probatarum retineatur . . . (Stuttgart:  Faber, 1734)), sec. XII.  See, for example, p. 11 of the printing of 1762.
     This is sometimes quoted as "Te totum applica ad textum, totum textum applica ad te."

1 comment:

Bob Y. said...

Thanks for this post with link to the original doc. Everybody quotes Bengel's saying, but without a footnote to the source, which I needed to see with my own eyes. I was grateful for your posting.