How We Got the Bible
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A collection
of materials and articles that a part of the story of how we got the bible.
People dots have links to
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Josephus |
37-100 |
Jewish and Christian Historian |
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Origen |
185-253 |
Collector of Hebrew text. Paralleled collection vs. the LXX and other Greek
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Hexapla - work of Origen |
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Jerome |
342-420 |
Brought together Greek/Hebrew texts to make a
Latin Translation. Later known as the Vulgate.
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John |
1328-1384 |
Edited / collaborated Middle English Bible Translation from
Latin Vulgate. |
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Version used by the Lollards |
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Erasmus |
1436-1536 |
Collected byzantine miniscule Greek text and wrote
a parallel Greek/Latin Bible. (1516) Large based on Minuscule 2 Goal was to have an improved Latin Bible. |
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William |
1494-1536 |
Translated first English Bible based on Greek and
Hebrew texts. (Only a portion of the old testament was completed.) First English bible to use
printing press. Huge impact on the
reformation. Large portions of all
future English translations have influence from his work. |
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