1. “How We Got Our Bible Part 2”

2. Archaeology and the Bible: New Testament Wall Chart and Pamphlet.
How we Got the Bible Wall Chart and Pamphlet.
Books of the Bible Wall Chart. Makes Memorizing Easier
Bible Bookcase Wall Chart

3. A Time Line of Key Events in the
History of the Bible
ow We Got the ible

4. AD 1516
Erasmus
Erasmus, a priest and Greek scholar, publishes a new Greek edition and a more accurate Latin translation of the New Testament in AD 1516.
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5. Martin Luther, William Tyndale, and the King James translators.
AD 1516
Erasmus
His Greek text forms the basis of the Textus Receptus or “received text”, which is used later by
Martin Luther, William Tyndale, and the King James translators.
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6. The Greek New Testament of Erasmus AD 1516

7. Pope Leo X
“the fable of Christ was quite profitable to him"

8. AD 1517
Martin Luther
Martin Luther nailed his famous 95 Theses of Contention (a list of 95 issues of heretical theology and crimes of the Roman Catholic Church) onto the church door at Wittenberg.
Martin Luther
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9. Foxe’s Book of Martyrs

10. Martin Luther translates the New Testament into German in AD 1522.
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11. AD 1525
William Tyndale
William Tyndale, priest and Oxford scholar, translates the New Testament from Greek into English (AD 1525), but cannot get approval to publish it in England.
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12. AD 1535
William Tyndale
He moves to Germany and smuggles Bibles, into England in sacks of corn and flour.
In AD 1535, he publishes part of the Old Testament translated from Hebrew into English.
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13. Sources Used: Ancient Greek and Hebrew Copies and The Vulgate
Tyndale
AD 1525
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15. “O Lord, open the king of England’s eyes.”
1536 Tyndale "was strangled to death while tied at the stake, and then his dead body was burned"
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16. AD 1535
The Coverdale Bible
The Coverdale Bible is translated by Miles Coverdale (AD 1535) and dedicated to
Anne Boleyn, one of
King Henry VIII’s wives.
This is the first complete Bible to be printed in English.
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17. Coverdale AD 1535 Sources Used: Tyndale
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18. is translated by John Rogers under the pen name
AD 1537
Matthew’s Bible
The Matthew’s Bible
is translated by John Rogers under the pen name
“Thomas Matthew,” and is the first Bible published with the king’s permission
(AD 1537).
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20. Matthews AD 1537 Sources Used: Tyndale
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21. AD 1537
The Great Bible
Later, Thomas Cranmer, advisor to King Henry VIII, entrusts Coverdale to revise Matthew’s Bible to make the
“Great Bible.”
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22. Great Bible AD 1539 Sources Used: Tyndale
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23. Henry’s six wives

24. AD 1560
The Geneva Bible
Exiles from England flee to Geneva, Switzerland. In AD 1560, they print the Geneva Bible, which is a complete revision of the Great Bible with the Old Testament translated from Hebrew.
Page from Geneva Bible
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25. Sources Used: Ancient Greek and Hebrew Copies and The Great Bible
Geneva
AD 1560
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26. AD 1560
The Geneva Bible
This is the Bible of Shakespeare and the one carried to America by the Pilgrims in AD 1620.
William Shakespeare
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27. AD 1555
Queen Mary
England’s Queen Mary bans Protestant translations of the English Bible. John Rogers and Thomas Cranmer are burned at the stake. Later some 300 men, women, and children are also burned.
“Bloody Mary”
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28. AD 1568
Bishops Bible
The translation of the Bishops Bible begins under Queen Elizabeth in AD It is the Church of England’s answer to the Geneva Bible.
Queen
Elizabeth
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29. Sources Used: Geneva Bible
Bishops
AD 1568
Sources Used: Geneva Bible
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30. AD 1604
King James Version
King James I commissions 54 scholars to undertake a new Bible translation. For six years, six teams of scholars work to complete the new version in AD 1611.
King James I of England
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31. Sources Used: Ancient Greek and Hebrew Copies, Tyndale’s Bible, the Geneva Bible, and the Bishops Bible.
King James
AD 1611
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32. In the twinkling of an eye
A foregone conclusion
All of a sudden
Dash to pieces
Good riddance
Heart's content
In a pickle
In the twinkling of an eye
Up in arms
Vanish into thin air
William Shakespeare

35. Apocrypha Some Apocryphal Books and Additions AD 1560
1 Esdras Baruch, with Letter to Jeremiah
2 Esdras Song of Three Young Men
Tobit Susanna
Judith Bel and the Dragon
Additions to Esther Prayer of Manasseh
Wisdom of Solomon 1 Maccabees
Ecclesiasticus 2 Maccabees
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36. Early Copies Codex Alexandrinus AD 425 Codex Vaticanus AD 340
Codex Sinaiticus AD 330
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37. AD 1859
Older Manuscripts
Codex Sinaiticus (earliest complete copy of the New Testament, copied in AD 350) is found in St. Catherine’s Monastery near
Mt. Sinai in AD 1859.
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38. The Dead Sea Scrolls, made between 100 BC and AD 100,
Are found in a cave in 1947 by a shepherd, contain the oldest known copies of portions of the Old Testament.
A Qumran Cave near the Dead Sea
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39. AD 1947
Scroll of Isaiah
A Scroll of Isaiah that is part of the Dead Sea Scrolls is the oldest complete manuscript of any book of the Bible. This copy was made around 100 BC.
Scroll of Isaiah
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40. Sources Used: Early Copies, Ancient Hebrew and Greek Copies, Dead Sea Scrolls and Newly Discovered Manuscripts
Modern
Translations
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41. Formal Translation: Modern Translations (word-for-word)AD
Modern Translations
Formal Translation:
(word-for-word)
Translates the words and structures of the original languages.
Examples: NASB97, NKJV, ESV
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42. Dynamic Translation: Modern Translations (thought-for-thought)AD
Modern Translations
Dynamic Translation:
(thought-for-thought)
Translates the meaning and concepts of the original languages.
Examples: NIV, Holman Christian Standard Bible
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43. Paraphrase: Modern Translations Rewording of an existing translationAD
Modern Translations
Paraphrase:
Rewording of an existing translation
in the same language.
Examples: NL, NLT, Message, Phillips
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46. A Time Line of Key Events in the
History of the Bible
ow We Got the ible