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1400 BCE
The first written Word of God: The Ten Commandments delivered to Moses.
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500 BCE
Completion of All Original Hebrew Manuscripts which make up The 39 Books of the Old Testament.
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200 BCE
Completion of the Septuagint Greek Manuscripts which contain The 39 Old Testament Books AND 14 Apocrypha Books.
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100
Completion of All Original Greek Manuscripts which make up The 27 Books of the New Testament.
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315
Athenasius, the Bishop of Alexandria, identifies the 27 books of the New Testament which are today recognized as the canon of scripture.
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382
Jerome's Latin Vulgate Manuscripts Produced which contain All 80 Books (39 Old Test. + 14 Apocrypha + 27 New Test).
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500
Scriptures have been Translated into Over 500 Languages
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600
LATIN was the Only Language Allowed for Scripture.
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995
Anglo-Saxon (Early Roots of English Language) Translations of The New Testament Produced.
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1384
Wycliffe is the First Person to Produce a (Hand-Written) manuscript Copy of the Complete Bible; All 80 Books.
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1455
Gutenberg Invents the Printing Press; Books May Now be mass-Produced Instead of Individually Hand-Written. The First Book Ever Printed is Gutenberg's Bible in Latin.
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1516
Erasmus Produces a Greek/Latin Parallel New Testament
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1522
Martin Luther's German New Testament.
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1526
William Tyndale's New Testament; The First New Testament printed in the English Language.
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1535
Myles Coverdale's Bible; The First Complete Bible printed in the English Language (80 Books: O.T. & N.T. & Apocrypha).
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1537
Tyndale-Matthews Bible; The Second Complete Bible printed in English. Done by John "Thomas Matthew" Rogers (80 Books).
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1539
The "Great Bible" Printed; The First English Language Bible Authorized for Public Use (80 Books).
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1560
The Geneva Bible Printed; The First English Language Bible to add Numbered Verses to Each Chapter (80 Books).
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1568
The Bishops Bible Printed; The Bible of which the King James was a Revision (80 Books).
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The Douay Old Testament is added to the Rheims New Testament (of 1582) Making the First Complete English Catholic Bible; Translated from the Latin Vulgate (80 Books).
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The King James Bible Printed; Originally with All 80 Books. The Apocrypha was Officially Removed in 1885 Leaving Only 66 Books
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Robert Aitken's Bible; The First English Language Bible (KJV) Printed in America.
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Isaac Collins and Isaiah Thomas Respectively Produce the First Family Bible and First Illustrated Bible Printed in America. Both were King James Versions, with All 80 Books.
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Jane Aitken's Bible (Daughter of Robert Aitken); The First Bible to be Printed by a Woman.
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Noah Webster's Bible; After Producing his Famous Dictionary, Webster Printed his Own Revision of the King James Bible.
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English Hexapla New Testament; an Early Textual Comparison showing the Greek and 6 Famous English Translations in Parallel Columns.
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The Illuminated Bible; The Most Lavishly Illustrated Bible printed in America. A King James Version, with All 80 Books.
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The "English Revised Version" Bible; The First Major English Revision of the KJV.
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The "American Standard Version"; The First Major American Revision of the KJV
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The "New American Standard Bible" (NASB) is Published as a "Modern and Accurate Word for Word English Translation" of the Bible.
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The "New International Version" (NIV) is Published as a "Modern and Accurate Phrase for Phrase English Translation" of the Bible.
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The "New King James Version" (NKJV) is Published as a "Modern English Version Maintaining the Original Style of the King James."
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The English Standard Version (ESV) is Published as a translation to bridge the gap between the accuracy of the NASB and the readability of the NIV.
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