History and Lineage of the English Bible

1. OT Archaic Hebrew NT+L OT+NT NT OT+A+NT OT+NT OT+NT OT+NT OT+NT OT+A+NT NT OT+A+NT OT+A+NT OT+A OT+NT OT+A+NT OT+A+NT OT+A+NT OT OT+A+NT OT+A+NT partOT OT+NT OT+A+NT OT+NT NT OT+A NT+L OT+A+NT OT+NT OT+NT OT+NT OT+NT OT+A+NT OT+A+NT OT+A+NT New English CoS inspired. Conte-mporary. Abstracted from modernism's. Living Bible Liberal translation seen as too “free” by purists. Robert Aitken First US Printing King James Version without Apocrypha Gutenberg Bible First printed book is a 2 vol. Bible in Latin Clementine Triggered by Trent, published in 1592. Exclusive Latin bible. Aramaic Daniel and Ezra Tyndale: NT Tyndale was burned at the stake in 1537. Writings in Greek about Jesus Textus Receptus (TR) Typesetable Greek over 200 versions. Eusebius of Caesarea defines Canon Emp Constantine 322 Wycliffe Bible First English Wycliffe’s bones were ground down to dust. Greek Septuagint KING JAMES 3rd Authorised (KJV) Culmination of C16 translation work. Origen rationalises and corrects Greek Septaugint Berkeley Bible Masoretic Text vowel and accent standardisation Vulgate 1965 Revised Vulgate approved by Vatican Council 2. GREAT BIBLE 1st Authorised Version. English Hexaplex 7 column printing of Greek plus 6 English Riverside NT Translation in “today’s” language Textus Receptus (TR) Oxford edition is con- sidered definitive TR Thomas Matthew A Revision of Tyndale’s Bible. Stephanus’ TR Major landmark in interpretation and accuracy. Myles Coverdale 1st Complete English Bible (80 books) Douay / Rheim First, and root “Catholic” Bible KING JAMES 3rd Authorised (KJV) Culmination of C16 translation work. GENEVA Written in Geneva by exiled reformers. First Study Bible. REVISED First major attempt to translate rigorously. Work of 65 scholars. English Hexaplex 7 column printing of Greek plus 6 English New King James New Bible in King James Version style. American Standard based on the Revised New International Contemporary phrase by phrase. (NIV) 20 Century NT Greek literal translation Good News Simple vocabulary and plain use of English. (TEV) New American Standard Bible Literal translation. OT+A OT+A +NT NT+L LATIN Codex B, S, A Jerome’s Latin Vulgate OT+NT A Revised Standard NCC in USA sponsor. Strong Greek basis. Taverner’s Thomas Matthew minus notes. BISHOP’s 2nd Authorised. The Geneva minus anti-papal study notes. content BIBLE NAME Brief description and facts about version 1: ORIGINS 3: post KING JAMES 1450BC History and Lineage of the English Bible 900BC Hebrew English Latin Greek 1611AD 500BC OT Square Script Hebrew 400BC 300 to 200BC 1782AD 150BC Dead Sea Scrolls written from 500AD Masoretic Text from Codex S Jesus spoke Aramaic 30AD copy errors 90AD 1842AD Slavonic Greek Orthodox Inspired Version (1833) by Joseph Smith, Church of the Latter Day Saints 1867AD 300AD 1873AD Armenian C5 Georgian C5 Old Latin Coptic C3 Ethiopic C4-5 From TR and other fragments 1881-5AD 1885AD Apocrypha removed from the King James Bible 350AD Codex Vaticanus (B) Codex Siniaticus (S) [oldest NT surviving] 1901AD 1904AD 383AD 397AD Council of Carthage (397) & Hippo(393) fix NT cannon 450AD 1934AD 600AD Rome says “Latin only” Hebrew Greek 680AD Caedmon translates stories to Anglo Saxon 1947AD Dead Sea Scrolls discovered 2: BEGINNINGS 995AD King Alfred’s translation into the “venacular” 4: post DEAD SEA SCROLLS 1382AD 1439-43 Council of Florence defines NT 27books 1952AD 1455AD GUTENBERG INVENTS PRINTING 1516AD Erasmus’ parallel Greek / Latin Bible 1959AD 1522AD Luther’s German NT (Greek & Hebrew origin) 1961AD 1525AD 1965AD 1971AD 1535AD 1537AD 1539AD 1546AD Council of Trent starts 1976AD 1550AD 1560AD 1978AD 1568AD 1982AD 1582AD Rome surrenders Latin only edict. 1609/10 KEY: date Important historical events. 1611AD OT: Old Testament A: Apocrypha NT: New Testament L: Laodiceans Main flows of style and source material Hebrew English Latin Greek language