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Bible History Timeline

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  • Period: 1789 BCE to

    The Family Bible

    This is the first edition of the Issac Collins Bible. The leaves were about 10'' to 11'' tall by 8'' to 9''. It was thicker than stock paper.
  • Period: 1781 BCE to

    Robert Aitken's Bible

    He wanted to print a neat version of the Bible, for the use of schools. This Bible was the only Bible that has received the USA Congresses approval. The Robert Aitken's Bible was referred to as ''Bible of Revolution''.
  • Period: 1604 BCE to 1611 BCE

    The King James Bible

    The King James Bible was 16'' tall. They were chained to the pulpits in England. It was known as the ''authorized'' version of the Bible. It is the main Bible used in today's churches.
  • Period: 1582 BCE to 1610 BCE

    The Douay Old Testament

    The testament was translated by the Church of Rome, It is the oldest Roman Catholic Bible translation in English form that was full. The spelling was used because it was made at the English College at Douay. The testament was printed in parallel columns.
  • Period: 1568 BCE to 1606 BCE

    The Bishop's Bible

    It is the second Bible that was published by the Church of England. It was 17'' tall and 12'' wide, weighing 30 pounds. The Bishop's Bible was a shade of burgundy-brown Italian leatherette. It included five layers of solid birch wooden boards with a extra set of heavy duty stitching. It was considered to be the ''rough draft'' of The King James version.
  • Period: 1557 BCE to 1560 BCE

    The Geneva Bible

    The New Testament that was completed in 1157 and published in 1560 became known as The Geneva Bible. This Bible was referred to as the ''Breeches Bible'', because of the clothing that was described in Genesis known as ''britches''. It was the first Bible to ever have number to label the verses. The Geneva Bible is also known as the first English study Bible available. Even William Shakespeare quoted from the The Geneva Bible in his plays.
  • Period: 1539 BCE to 1541 BCE

    ''The Great Bible

    The Great Bible was the very first authorized edition of the Bible in English. It was authorized by King Henry VIII of England. He wanted it to be read outlaid in services of the Church of England. It was called as the ''Great'' because of its size. The Great Bible had another name. Known as the ''Whitchurch Bible'', which was after the original publisher.
  • Period: 1535 BCE to 1537 BCE

    Miles Cloverdale

    Cloverdale was the very first to complete a printed version of the Bible. The tranalationions he made were included i the Matthew-Tydale Bible.
  • Period: 1506 BCE to 1519 BCE

    Erasmus

    Published Greek and Latin version of the New Testament. It was printed in 1516. It had two columns, the Greek translation was on the left while the Latin translation on the right.
  • Period: 1450 BCE to 1455 BCE

    Johannes Gutenburg

    Gutenburg printed the first Bible that printed from movable metal type. It was printed on rag cotton linen paper. It was printed in double columns. The capital letter and the heading were ornamented in color by hand.
  • Period: 383 BCE to 399 BCE

    The Vulgate Manuscripts

    This is the Latin version of the Bible. St. Jerome was told to revise the old Latin text of the four Gospels. He made a new version of Psalms. He later translated all of the 39 books of the Hebrew Bible. He labeled the New Psalms ''iuxta Hebrews''. St. Jerome translated Tobit and Judith, which were not included in the Old Testament. After sixteen years his translation was complete.
  • Period: 296 BCE to 373 BCE

    Athanasius

    Athanasius was known as the ''black dwarf'' by his enemies. He was forced to exile five times. According to britannica, he argued that the doctrine that was considered false ''Son of God was creature like'', was not the same as ''God the Father''. He thought that this denied the Trinity.
  • Period: Dec 24, 1380 to Dec 25, 1388

    John Wycliffe

    Wycliffe was the one who completed the very first complete version of the English Bible. He translated the Latin scriptures into English people, so they would let them understand better. Wycliffe's work was used by the Lollards, which were technically a group of poor priests.
  • Period: Dec 24, 1522 to Dec 25, 1534

    Martin Luther

    He created the the Luther Bible, which is a German translated version of the Bible. Luther focused more on the Old Testament. He wanted the version to be spoken instead of being a book or written.