Quiz 1 Bible Translations Flashcards
Wycliffe
- Original / Oldest English translation of the full bible
- Based on Latin Vulgate
- Written by Jerome
Tyndale
- His bibles were found &confiscated
- He was later found & burned at the stake
- Roman Church didn’t want common people to read Bible
Coverdale
Finished Tyndale’s work
Great Bible
- aka Chain Bible
- Huge Bible commissioned by Henry VIII
- Translated by Coverdale
Geneva Bible
- English Puritans wrote it
- Revision of Great Bible
- This bible came with Puritans to American
Rheims- Douai
Catholics response to English translations put out
Authorized Version
- Aka KJV
- 54 English schools put it together
- Commissioned by James I
- Designed for Oral reading
Darby Translation
John Nelson Darby
- Originator of dispensationalism
ERV & ASV
- Based on dispensationalism
- Meanings of English words changed
RSV
- 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
The NT In Modern English
- Paraphrase
- J.B. Philips
Living Bible
- The author wanted kids to understand the bible
- Paraphrase
New English Bible
British scholars
New American Standard Bible
Most literal of 20th-century translations
New American Bible
Was for American Catholics… not very well liked
NKJV
- Sponsored by Thomas Nelson Publishers
- Update of KJV using Textus Receptus
NIV
- Sponsored by New York Bible Society
- Many English speaking countries came together to make this
NRSV and TNIV
Both went gender neutral
NLT
- Paraphrase
- Dynamic Equivalence
- Gender Neutral
ESV
- Avoids gender-neutral language
- Evangelical reworking of RSV
How many translations have been created since the first English translation
Over 2,000
