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The Bible was translated into various languages in late antiquity; including the Syriac dialect of Aramaic (including the Peshitta and the Diatessaron gospel harmony), Coptic, Gothic, the Ge'ez language of Ethiopia and Latin, then later into Armenian, Georgian, and Old Nubian .
Jerome spent 23 years translating the text of the Bible from Greek and Hebrew. Jerome's translation gradually was adopted by all of Western Christianity. During the Middle Ages, the Vulgate was the Bible used throughout all of Western Europe, including England.
During the Middle Ages few could read the Latin Bible, and vernacular versions of the Bible, in part or whole, appeared at times throughout the period. The most important of these was the so-called Wyclif Bible, an English translation compiled in 1382.
Late Middle Ages. During the Late Middle Ages, translation, particularly of the Old Testament was discouraged in some regions. [citation needed] In England, a group of Middle English Bible translations were created: including the Wycliffean Bibles (1383, 1393) and the Paues New Testament
The Middle Ages: Some Landmarks 4 The Scope of This Volume 15 Resources for Further Study 18 2 The Bible as Book 20 From Scroll to Codex 21 Pandects and Multivolume Bibles 25 Bibles for Liturgical Use 27 Psalters 29 Glossed Psalters and Glossed Bibles 30 Early Medieval Centers of Bible Production 33 Bible Production in the Later Middle Ages 37
Bible translations in the Middle Ages were rare, in contrast to Late Antiquity, when the Bibles available to most Christians were in the local vernacular.
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