By Natalio Fernández Marcos and Emilia Fernández
Tejero
CSIC, Sefarad 63 (2003), 283-329
SUMMARY
Miguel Servet is hardly known as a biblical scholar. Nevertheless,
the marginal notes included in his edition of Pagninus's Bible
(Lyon 1542) are commonly attributed to him. In this article the
characteristics of such notes are analysed, giving especial attention
to the notes erased by the Spanish Inquisition in the volume which
is preserved at the Madrid National Library. Servet's authorship
of these notes is discussed as well as his knowledge of the Hebrew
language by means of a comparison between the notes themselves
and the use of Hebrew in his theological works. In contrast, the
enormous philological value of Pagninus's edition, corrected by
Arias Montano and published in the Antwerp Polyglot, is emphasized.