Biblia Reina-Valera: Crítica Textual y Genealogía de Revisiones

Biblia Reina-Valera: Crítica Textual y Genealogía de Revisiones This study examines the Reina-Valera Bible as a complex cross-confessional product emerging within the sixteenth-century Hispanic intellectual landscape. It analyzes the trajectory from the 1569 edition to the 1602 revision, highlighting the movement from Renaissance humanist scholarship toward increasing confessional stabilization within the context of the Reformation. Through an evaluation of its textual sources, the paper argues that the Old Testament reflects substantial dependence on the semantic and lexical structures of the Ferrara Bible, while the New Testament largely follows the late Byzantine textual tradition associated with the Textus Receptus. Engaging modern textual criticism, the study identifies later textual expansions within the Byzantine stream, including the Comma Johanneum and certain liturgical formulae, assessing their role in processes of ecclesiastical validation and doctrinal continuity. Finally, the research traces the diachronic development of the Reina-Valera through subsequent revisions, examining the enduring tension between liturgical stability and critical-textual revision. The study concludes by situating the Reina-Valera not merely as a translation, but as a major cultural and linguistic reference point within the Spanish-speaking world.