Quiz 1 Bible Translations Flashcards
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Wycliffe
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- Original / Oldest English translation of the full bible
- Based on Latin Vulgate
- Written by Jerome
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Tyndale
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- His bibles were found &confiscated
- He was later found & burned at the stake
- Roman Church didn’t want common people to read Bible
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Coverdale
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Finished Tyndale’s work
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Great Bible
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- aka Chain Bible
- Huge Bible commissioned by Henry VIII
- Translated by Coverdale
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Geneva Bible
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- English Puritans wrote it
- Revision of Great Bible
- This bible came with Puritans to American
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Rheims- Douai
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Catholics response to English translations put out
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Authorized Version
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- Aka KJV
- 54 English schools put it together
- Commissioned by James I
- Designed for Oral reading
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Darby Translation
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John Nelson Darby
- Originator of dispensationalism
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ERV & ASV
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- Based on dispensationalism
- Meanings of English words changed
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RSV
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- Written by 32 American Scholars
- Ecumenical in outlook
- attempt to bring unity between denominations so if the denominations don’t agree it gets thrown out … very liberal
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The NT In Modern English
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- Paraphrase
- J.B. Philips
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Living Bible
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- The author wanted kids to understand the bible
- Paraphrase
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New English Bible
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British scholars
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New American Standard Bible
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Most literal of 20th-century translations
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New American Bible
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Was for American Catholics… not very well liked
