tervana1
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The various translations of the Bible made between A.D. 700 & A.D. 1991.
700-1000 Only parts of the Bible translated into "Old English" 1380 John Wycliffe translated the Bible from Latin to Middle English. 1100-1500 Nicholas of Hereford made a translation for Middle English speaking people. 1100-1500 John Purvey revised Nicholas's translation. 1525/6 William Tymdale translated part of the Bible from Greek. 1535 Miles Coverdale published the Bible in English from Tyndale's work, Greek, Hebrew, & other sources. 1537 Matthew's Bible by John Rogers. Recieved royal sanction of King Henry VIII. 1539 The Great Bible by Coverdale. It was a revision of Matthew's Bible. 1560 The Geneva Bible was produced by Protestant scholars in Geneva. 1568 The Bishop's Bible was a revision of the Great Bible. 1582 & 1609 Rheims/Douai Translation was the Roman Catholic translation from the Latin Vulgate of the Old and New Testaments. 1611 The King James Version(or Authorized Version) was translated by a number of Bible scholars. 1885 The Revised Version was a revision of the Authorized Version. 1901 The American Standard Version is an American Revision of the Authorized Version. 1903 The New Testament in Modern Speech was a translation produced by R.T. Weymouth. 1924 A New Translation of the Bible was translated by James Moffatt. 1927 Centenary Translation of the New Testament was a translation produced by the missionary Helen B. Montgomery. 1937 Williams New Testament was a translated by Charles B. Williams. 1938 The Bible:An American Translation was produced by E.J. Goodspeed and J.M. Powis Smith. 1952 The Revised Standard Version was a revision of the American Standard Version and the King James Version. 1955 The Holy Bible was translated by Ronald Knox. 1958 The New Testament in Modern English was translated by J.B. Phillips. 1965 The Amplified Bible was translated by the Lockman Foundation. 1966 The Jerusalem Bible was originally translated in French by Roman Catholic scholars. 1969 The New Berkeley (Modern Language) Bible was a revision of the Berkeley Version of 1959 by Gerrit Verkuyl. 1970 The New English Bible was translated by certain people of Britain's major churches and Bible societies. 1970 The New American Bible was translated by Roman Catholic scholars. 1971 The New American Standard Bible was a revision of the American Standard Version by the Lockman Foundation. 1976 The Good News Bible(Today's English Version) was translated by the American Bible Society. 1979 The New International Version was translated by evangelical scholars. 1982 The New King James Version was a modernization of the King James Version. 1987 The New Century Version was an update of the International Children's Bible. 1989 The New Revised Standard Version an update of the Revised Standard Version. 1989 The Revised English Bible is a British committee's update of the New English Bible. 1991 The Contemporary English Version(New Testament) was produced by the American Bible Society. Citings ~
Halley, Henry. Halley's Bible Handbook, Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House.
Gen. Editor: Dockery, David. Holman Bible Handbook, Nashville, Tennessee: Holman Bible Publishers
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"HE PERFORMS WONDERS THAT CANNOT BE FATHOMED, MIRACLES THAT CANNOT BE NUMBERED" Job 9:10
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« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2008, 05:16:37 pm » |
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my goodness....i did not know all of that and it is a very good thing to know too...thank you for that information
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