Bible History Timeline

By LyricAnderson
  • 315

    Athanasius

    He identifies the 27 books of the New Testament in 315. He also picked the books of the new testament.
  • 382

    The Vulgate Manuscripts

    In 382 it contained all 80 books, and a lot of people thought this bible was corrupt.It was also a Latin translation of the bible.
  • Aug 23, 1380

    John Wycliffe

    He was an Oxford professor, scholar, and theologian that produced the first hand-written English language Bible manuscripts in the 1380s.
  • Aug 23, 1455

    Johannes Gutenburg

    He created the world's first major printed books, the “Forty-Two-Line” Bible in 1455.
  • Aug 23, 1516

    Erasmus

    He published a Greek-Latin Parallel New Testament in 1516, and he did this to correct the corrupt Latin Vulgate.
  • Aug 23, 1517

    Martin Luther

    He was the first person to translate and publish the Bible in 1517.
  • Aug 23, 1526

    William Tyndale

    First English Translation
  • Aug 23, 1539

    Miles Cloverdale

    Miles Cloverdale published the Cranmers Bible, and there were seven editions of this version in about two (1539 to 1541) years.
  • Aug 23, 1539

    "The Great Bible"

    Cranmer's Bible was also known as The Great Bible, because it was so large.
  • Aug 23, 1560

    The Geneva Bible

    The Geneva Bible was the first Bible to add numbered verses to the chapters, so that referencing specific passages would be easier, and it came out in the 16th century.
  • Aug 23, 1568

    The Bishop's Bible

    The Bishops' Bible is an English translation of the Bible which was established in 1568, and it was authorized to be read in church.

  • The Douay Old Testament

    It was translated by the Church of Rome at the College in the city of Douay in 1609 The combined product is commonly referred to as the "Doway/Rheims" Version.

  • The King James Bible

    The commissioning of the KJV took place in 1604 at the Hampton Court Conference outside of London, although the first edition appeared in 1611.

  • Robert Aitken's Bible

    Robert Aitken’s Bible was also the only Bible ever authorized by the United States Congress in 1782, and it was a KJV.

  • The Family Bible

    Isaac Collins produced the first Family Bible printed in America, and Isaiah Thomas published the first Illustrated Bible. Both of these bibles were KJV, and published in 1791.

  • Jefferson Bible

    He removed section from the bible he didn’t like

  • Noah Webster's Bible

    Noah webster wrote the Webster bible in order to bring the language of the Bible up to date, and it was published in 1833.

  • The Illuminated Bible

    It’s an illustrated kjv bible with all 80 books, and it was published around 1846.

  • Robert Young's Literal Translation

    Is a bible that is often criticized for being so literal that it sometimes obscures the contextual English meaning. 1863

  • The English Revision Bible

    It was the First Major English Revision of the KJV, in 1885.

  • The American Standard Version

    It’s often referred to as the N.A.S.V., N.A.S.B., or N.A.S. This New American Standard Bible is considered to be the most accurate, word-for-word translation of the original Greek and Hebrew scriptures into the modern English language that has ever been produced.

  • The Revised Standard Version

    Revision of the 1946 American Standard Version, but it is highly criticized.

  • The New International Version

    Modern and Accurate Phrase for Phrase English Translation" of the Bible.