Question

A pioneer in textual criticism was:

a. Machiavelli

b. Lorenzo Valla
c. Erasmus

d. Petrarch​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Johann Albrecht Bengel

Various scholars have developed guidelines, or canons of textual criticism, to guide the exercise of the critic's judgment in determining the best readings of a text. One of the earliest was Johann Albrecht Bengel (1687–1752), who in 1734 produced an edition of the Greek New Testament.

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Answer 2

Johann Albrecht Bengel.

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