A Bible Timeline
Where did our Bible come from?
500
BC:
Roughly the time of completion of All Original Hebrew Manuscripts which
make up the 39 Books of the Old Testament.
200
BC: Completion of the Septuagint
Greek Manuscripts which contain The 39 Old Testament Books and the 14
Apocrypha Books.
100
AD: Completion of All Original Greek
Manuscripts which make up the 27 Books of the New Testament.
390
AD:
Jerome's Latin Vulgate
Manuscripts Produced which contain All 80 Books (39 Old Test. + 14
Apocrypha + 27 New Test; though the Apocrypha was a cut and paste effort
upon pressure by the church, and not by Jerome’s choice (he did not
believe the apocryphal books were canonical.).
397
AD: Athanasius heads a council to
canonize the Bible as Protestants have it today. 39 Old Testament books
and 27 New Testament books without the Apocryphal books.
500
AD: Scriptures have been translated
into Over 500 Languages.
600
AD: Latin was the only language
allowed for the translation of the Scriptures.
1384
AD: Wycliffe is the first person to
produce a hand-written manuscript copy of the complete Bible; All 80
Books; though his translation was from the Latin Vulgate and not from the
Greek or Hebrew MSS.
1455
AD: Gutenberg invents the printing
press; Books may now be mass-produced instead of individually
hand-written. The first book ever printed is Gutenberg's Bible in Latin.
1516
AD: Erasmus produces a Greek/Latin
parallel New Testament.
1522
AD: Martin Luther's translates the
New Testament Scriptures into German.
1525
AD: William Tyndale's New Testament
translated from the Greek MSS; This is the first New Testament to be
printed in the English language on the printing press.
Tyndale did not finish translating the Old Testament.
1535
AD: Myles Coverdale's Bible; The
first complete Bible to be printed in the English Language (80 Books: Old
Testament and New Testament including the Apocryphal books which are
non-canonical).
1537
AD: Matthews Bible; The second
complete Bible to be printed in English. Done by John "Thomas
Matthew" Rogers (80 Books).
1539
AD: The "Great Bible"
printed; The first English language Bible to be authorized for public use
(80 Books).
1560
AD: The Geneva Bible Printed; The
First English Language Bible to add numbered verses to each chapter (80
Books).
1568
AD: The Bishops Bible Printed; The
Bible of which the King James was a revision (80 Books, as well as a 20%
cut and paste from the Geneva Bible).
1609
AD: The Douay Old Testament is added
to the Rheimes New Testament of 1582 (Catholic translation) making the
first complete English Catholic Bible; It was translated from the Latin
Vulgate (80 Books).
1609
AD: The first printing of the King
James Bible; originally with All 80 Books.
1611
AD: The King James Bible revised and
printed; all 80 Books. The Apocrypha was Officially Removed in 1885
Leaving Only 66 Books.
1782
AD: Robert Aitken's Bible; The first
English language Bible (a King James Version without Apocrypha) to be
Printed in America.
1791
AD: Isaac Collins and Isaiah Thomas
respectively produce the first Family Bible and First Illustrated Bible
printed in America. Both were King James Versions, with All 80 Books.
1808
AD: Jane Aitken's Bible (Daughter of
Robert Aitken); The First Bible to be printed by a Woman.
1833
AD: Noah Webster's Bible; After
Producing his Famous Dictionary, Webster Printed his Own Revision of the
King James Bible.
1841
AD: English Hexapla New Testament;
an Early Textual Comparison showing the Greek and 6 Famous English
Translations in Parallel Columns. (This is an excellent reference Bible)
1846
AD: The Illuminated Bible; The most
lavishly illustrated Bible printed in America. A King James Version, with
All 80 Books.
1885
AD: The "Revised Version"
Bible; The First Major English Revision of the King James Bible.
1901
AD:
The "American Standard Version"; The First Major American
Revision of the King James Bible.
1971
AD: The "New American Standard
Bible" (NASB) is Published as a "Modern and Accurate Word for
Word English Translation" of the Bible from the Greek and Hebrew
texts.
1973
AD: The "New International
Version" (NIV) is published as a "Modern and Accurate Phrase for
Phrase English Translation" of the Bible. (However its accuracy is
very much disputed in many places and is often found wanting as a reliable
translation. It is
categorized as a dynamic equivalent.)
1982
AD: The "New King James
Version" (NKJV) is published as a "Modern English Version
maintaining the original style of the King James."
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