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The process of rewriting the books of the Bible was not always perfect—sometimes mistakes were introduced or words were added or dropped. We call this whole process, including the accurate copies and the mistakes, the transmission of the text. That is, the text is transmitted (and sometimes changed) by scribes who copied the ancient scrolls ...
- The Old Testament Era
- The New Testament Era and Christian Age
- The Reformation Era
- Age of Reason, Revival, and Progress
- Age of Ideologies
The Old Testament era contains the story of creation—how God made everything including humanity with whom He would enter into an eternal covenant relationship. 1. Creation - B.C. 2000- Originally, the earliest Scriptures are handed down from generation to generation orally. 2. Circa B.C. 2000-1500 - The book of Job, perhaps the oldest book of the B...
The New Testament era begins with the birth of Jesus Christ, the Messiah and Savior of the world. Through Him, God opens His plan of salvation to the Gentiles. The Christian church is established and the Gospel—God's Good News of salvation in Jesus—begins to spread throughout the Roman Empire and eventually into all the world. 1. Circa A.D. 45–100 ...
The Reformation marks the beginning of Protestantismand the widespread expansion of the Bible into human hands and hearts through printing and increased literacy. 1. A.D. 1516- Desiderius Erasmus produces a Greek New Testament, a forerunner to the Textus Receptus. 2. A.D. 1517- Daniel Bomberg's Rabbinic Bible contains the first printed Hebrew versi...
A.D. 1663- John Eliot's Algonquin Bible is the first Bible printed in America, not in English, but in the native Algonquin Indian language.A.D. 1782- Robert Aitken's Bible is the first English language (KJV) Bible printed in America.A.D. 1790- Matthew Carey publishes a Roman Catholic Douay-Rheims Version English Bible in America.A.D. 1790- William Young prints the first pocket-sized "school edition" King James Version Bible in America.A.D. 1946-1952- The Revised Standard Version is published.A.D. 1947-1956 - The Dead Sea Scrollsare discovered.A.D. 1971- The New American Standard Bible (NASB) is published.A.D. 1973 - The New International Version(NIV) is published.People also ask
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The earliest translation of the Hebrew Bible is the Old Greek (OG), the translation made in Alexandria, Egypt, for the use of the Greek-speaking Jewish community there. At first, just the Torah was translated, in the third century B.C.E.; the rest of the biblical books were translated later. The whole Hebrew Bible was likely translated into ...
Mar 26, 2024 · S. Codex Sinaiticus. Codex Sinaiticus, a 4th-century manuscript of the Septuagint, written between 330 and 350. Codex Sinaiticus, the earliest known manuscript of the Christian Bible, compiled in the 4th century ce.
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Apr 8, 2024 · Some might be curious about when the Bible’s earliest verses were written. Others might wonder when the Tanakh, or the Hebrew Bible, was completed for people who follow Judaism. And others might want to know when the New Testament was compiled to help create the holy book of Christianity.
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Sep 8, 2023 · Dive into the captivating history of the Bible, exploring its origins, the intricacies of the Hebrew Bible, and the profound blend of oral and written traditions. Join our enlightening journey!
Feb 14, 2023 · The first ever known Bible translation is the Septuagint, the first Greek translation of Hebrew Scriptures. The Septuagint was created for Greek-speaking Jews and included books Jews eventually decided weren’t authoritative. But Christians at the time accepted these books as having some kind of authority, even though eventually Christians ...
