Bible Class

Wednesday, September 20th

 Warm Up
Whats Happening in the World Wednesday
What happened and What is your opinion?
When?
Where?
Why?
How can we pray for those involved?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFEBwfYZBJY
 Translation History

Since ancient times, people have translated the Scriptures.

 Translation History

The Hebrew Scriptures were translated into Greek; the

Septuagint was completed around 250 BC.
 Translation History
In the early years of the church, Christian texts were
translated into Latin, Coptic, Syriac, and other
languages.

Jerome translated the Old and New Testaments into Latin

in AD 400. It was the first translation of the complete
Bible.

Jeromes translation was called the Vulgate, meaning

common in Latin.
 Translation History
The Vulgate was the official Christian translation for 1,000
years.

As the Roman Empire began to deteriorate in the fifth

century, Bible texts were translated into other
languages of the empire, including Gothic, Georgian,
Ethiopic, Armenian, and Nubian.
 Translation History
By the thirteenth or fourteenth century, portions of the
Bible had been translated into all the major European
languages.

John Wycliffe published his Middle English Bible in AD

13821384, a translation from the Latin Vulgate.
 Translation History
The first book printed on Gutenbergs revolutionary
printing press (1455) was the Vulgate Bible. This world-
changing invention made possible the printing of many
Bibles.

Desiderius Erasmus edited and published a new Greek text

of the New Testament in 1516 and revised it a number
of times.
 Translation History
Erasmus Greek New Testament became the official text
for translators.

Martin Luther used the Erasmus text when he translated

the New Testament into German in 1522. Luthers
German translation of the Old Testament was
published in 1534.
 Translation History
William Tyndales English New Testament was published
in 1525.

In 1535, William Coverdale published the first complete

English Bible.
 Translation History
The Geneva Bible, an English translation published in
1560, was a major influence in the English
Reformation. It was used by John Bunyan, Oliver
Cromwell, John Donne, John Knox, John Milton, and
William Shakespeare; a copy was also carried to
America on the Mayflower.
 Translation History
In 1604, James I of England commissioned a new English
translation of the Bible. It was completed in 1611. The
King James Version (or Authorized Version) would be
the predominant English Bible for three centuries.
 History of the English Bible
John Wycliffe translated the Bible from the Vulgate into
Middle English (AD 13821384).

The first book printed on Gutenbergs revolutionary

printing press (1455) was the Vulgate Bible. This world-
changing invention made possible the printing of many
Bibles.

AD 1300 AD 1400 AD 1500 AD 1600 AD 1700

 History of the English Bible
In 1604, James I of England commissioned a new English
translation of the Bible. It was completed in 1611.

The King James Version (or Authorized Version) would be

the predominant English Bible for three centuries.

AD 1300 AD 1400 AD 1500 AD 1600 AD 1700

 History of the English Bible
1901: American Standard Version
1952: Revised Standard Version
1965: Amplified Bible
1966: Jerusalem Bible
1970, 1989: New English Bible
1971: The Living Bible
1971, 1995: New American Standard Bible

AD 1600 AD 1700 AD 1800 AD 1900 AD 2000

 History of the English Bible
1976, 1992: Good News Bible
1978, 1984: New International Version
1982: New King James Version
1985: New Jerusalem Bible
1989: New Revised Standard Version
1995: Contemporary English Version
1996, 2004: New Living Translation
 History of the English Bible
The translations and paraphrases continue into the twenty-
first century.

2001: English Standard Version

2002: The Message

2005: Todays New International Version

AD 1600 AD 1700 AD 1800 AD 1900 AD 2000