The first English translation of The Bible was put together by John Wycliffe in the 1380's
Then along came the Geneva Bible in 1560
And the King James Translation in 1611
And of course today we have many new translations like the ESV, NASV, MKJV, NKVJ and so on...
The oldest versions are those in the original languages of Hebrew and Greek. The earliest Hebrew texts date fromway before Christ, and the earliest Greek texts date, in fragments, from around 80 -120 AD.
All other versions of the Bible are more modern and are translations into various languages.
As for English translations, parts of the Bible that were translated into Old or Middle English can be ttraced back as far as thhe seventh century.
The earliest complete 'Modern' English Language translation was that of William Tyndale which was translated in the early 16th Century.
By comparison, the Authorised Version (KJV) was not translated until ober 100 years later in 1611.
The modern Bible was given to mankind in two parts called 'Testaments' commonly labeled as the Old and New Testament.
In Judaism, it is believed that the oldest version of the 'Hebrew Bible' is the Masoretic Text which they hold are exactly the same writings of Moses (see Deuteronomy 31:24). Most Protestant Christians would hold this to be the best original version of the Old Testament text.
The New Testament is a collection of Christian works that many agree were written in the common Greek language between 40-100 A.D. by various Jewish disciples of Jesus. Jerome in the 4th century created the Latin Vulgate of these writings. The 'Textus Receptus' of Erasmus in the 16th Century is known as the Greek 'Received Text,' later enhanced by Stephanus (Robert Stephens) and is considered a compilation of various ancient manuscripts. There are supporters of both the Vulgate and Received Text as the oldest version of the N.T..
According to tradition, the Masoretic text in use today is exactly what Moses put in writing (Deuteronomy 31:24). This is one of the 13 principles of Jewish belief listed by Maimonides.
Yes, there were six other English versions of The Bible prior to the King James version. They were, in order of oldest to the most recent, the Tyndale Bible, the Coverdale Bible, the Matthew Bible, the Gret Bible, the Geneva Bible, and the Bishops Bible.
Yes, there were six other English versions of the Bible prior to the King James version. They were, in order of oldest to the most recent, the Tyndale Bible, the Coverdale Bible, the Matthew Bible, the Gret Bible, the Geneva Bible, and the Bishops Bible.
It was compiled quite a bit before the 4th century, but that is the oldest surviving copy. The "Tanakh", which is the Hebrew Bible is the original version and our modern Bible is based on that.
oldest version is 3
Methuselah was the oldest man in the Bible. He died at age 969.
Psalm 90 is said to be written by Moses and the oldest psalm of the Bible.
Due to many popular movies, people think that the number of the devil is 666 but in the oldest found version of the bible, that the number is 616
Noah and Adam are the third and fourth oldest men in the Bible
the oldest woman in the bible is eve because in the bible it dosent at what age she died so it has to be her.=>Debra
The New International Version of the Bible NIV and the New King James Version of the Bible NKJV.
Yes, Methuselah is known as the oldest person in the Bible. According to the book of Genesis, he lived for 969 years.
Moody Bible Institute