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the Bible

Who wrote the Bible?

Testament/s & Gospel/s
New 30
Old 10

1st Testament (Hebrew Scriptures)

Moses – five books of Moses [Torah]
David – pSalms
King Solomon – Proverbs, Ecclesiastes
Oracles: prophets
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Amos

New Testament

Matthew
Mark
Luke
John

Paul’s Books & Letters

Translations

Greek -> Septuagint

Syriac -> Peshitta

Aramaic -> Targum

Latin -> Vulgate

Modern Translations

More info

King James Version (KJV) – 1611

New International Version (NIV) – 1978

New King James Version (NKJV) – 1982

New Living Translation (NLT) – 1996

Amplified Bible (AMP)

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Message Bible (MSG)

Timeline

130 BC the Septuagint (OT Hebrew > Greek)

200 AD Syriac

382 the Vulgate (Latin)

730s Venerable Bede John (Latin > old English)

1382 John Wycliffe (Latin > Middle English)

1440 Johannes Gutenberg

1453 Fall of Constantinople

1534 Martin Luther (Greek & Hebrew > German)

1530s Miles Coverdale [1535] (William Tyndale) English

1611 New King James

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