Both were Greek scholars and Reuchlin was also a Hebrew scholar; of the two, Erasmus was more important, for it was he who produced a number of recensions of the Greek New Testament, which could serve as the basis for new translations.
Bobabili babeyizazi ezingamaGrikhi kanti uReuchlin wayebuye abe yisazi esingumHeberu; kulaba bobabili, u-Erasmus wayebaluleke kakhulu, ngoba nguyena owakhipha izinguqulo eziningana zeTestamente Elisha lesiGreki, ezingaba isisekelo sezinguqulo ezintsha.