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Athanasius
He wrote a letter to fix the New Testament. He was listed what he believed were the books that constitute New Testament. -
Dec 31, 1384
John Wycliffe
He was an english philosopher, a biblical translator, and a professor for Oxford. He helped with doing some of the first hand written English translations for the bible. -
Feb 3, 1468
Johannes Guttenberg
He introduced the printing press to Europe. He was a German blacksmith, goldsmith, and printer. He completed copies of a folio bible that had 42 lines on each page. -
Dec 24, 1500
The Vulgate Manuscripts
This was the latin version of the bible. This latin bible came along in the 16th century, and the Catholic Church's made this translation well known of the bible. -
Jul 12, 1516
Erasmus
Erasmus was a Catholic priest, social critic, teacher, and theologian. He used humanist techniques to help prepare text for the Latin and the Greek editions to the New Testament -
Aug 23, 1526
William Tyndall
First English translation. -
Jan 20, 1536
Miles Cloverdale
This man was a bible translator, preacher, and Bishop of Exeter. first complete english translation (80 books) -
Dec 24, 1539
The Great Bible
This was the first Bible that was written in English. This English bible was authorized by King Henry to be read in the Church of England. -
Feb 18, 1546
Martin Luther
He payed attention more to the Old Testament and was a German translator. First member of the protestant church's -
Dec 24, 1560
The Geneva Bible
Historically important translation of the bible to English. (most historically active) first to have chapters and verses -
Dec 24, 1568
The Bishop's Bible
English translation of the bible. This was authorized under the authority of the Church of England. -
The Douay Old Testament
This is a translation of the bible from the Latin Vulgate to English. This is made in the service of the Catholic Church. -
The King James Bible
English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England begun in 1604 and completed in 1611.They wanted it to make the Word of God more known to the people. It is a revision of the Bishop's Bible of 1568.King James I of England called approximately 50 of the best Bible scholars of his day, to the process of translating a new version of the Bible into English. -
Robert Aitken's Bible
first known English-language Bible to be printed in America, and also the only Bible that received Congressional approval. Aitken's Bible, sometimes called the "The Bible of the Revolution," is one of the rarest books in the world. -
The Family Bible
(93 books) Well respected for the accuracy of its text, and was used as the primary sourcebook for the Noah Webster Bible of 1833.This is the first Bible to be printed in New Jersey. -
Jefferson Bible
created his own gospel by taking a sharp instrument, maybe a penknife, to existing copies of the New Testament and adding his own ideas of Christ’s philosophy, keeping it apart from what he called “the corruption of schismatizing followers.” -
Noah Webster's Bible
Modern English translation of the Bible in 1833. Webster’s Bible was not widely accepted, due to the continued popularity of the ancient King James version. It was, however, the most significant English language translation of the scriptures to be done since the King James version of more than 200 years earlier. -
Robert Young's Literal Translation
Was first translated in 1862 by Robert Young, Young's Literal Translation is an extremely literal -
Robert Young's Literal Translation
It is a extremely literal translation that tries to keep the tense and word usage found in the first Greek and Hebrew writings. -
The English Revision Bible
It was the first major English revision of the KJV bible. It is not a different translation of the Bible, but a update of the English Bible. -
The American Standard Version
First major American revision of the Bible. It was a version of 4 different revisions. -
The Revised Standard Version
It seeks to keep all that is best in the English Bible as it has been known and used throughout the years. It is not used for just reading but for private and public worship. -
The Illuminated Bible
The Most Illustrated Bible printed in America. A King James Version, with All 80 Books. -
The New International Version
It was produced by a committee of scholars in many evangelical churches in America. It is one of the most popular selling English translation of the Bible, selling more than 450 million copies.
