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Bible History The study of the history of the Bible in English is an inspiring one. The faith, perseverance and wisdom of those early Bible proponents is amazing. This section of books will help you get in touch with our rich heritage. Bible Lists and Catalogs Cotton, Henry. Editions of the Bible. 1852. This is a facsimile reprint of Editons of the Bible and Parts Thereof in English from the year MDV to MDCCL. This is a 6x9 volume, available in paperback 446pp $24.00. Darlow, T. F. and H. F. Moule. Historical Catalogue of Printed Scriptures. 1903. This is a facsimile of The Historical Catalogue of the Printed Editions of Holy Scripture In The Library of The British and Foreign Bible Society In Two Volumes, Volume I - English. This is an 8.5x11 volume, available in hardback 435pp $38.00, paperback 435pp $26.00. John Holland. Psalmists of Britain. 1843. The Psalmists of Britain: Records, Biographical and Literary, of Upwards of One Hundred and Fifty Authors, who Have Rendered the Whole Or Parts of the Book of Psalms, Into English Verse; with Specimens of the Different Versions, And a General Introduction. This was originally two volumes but is reproduced here in just one volume. This is a 6x9 volume, available in hardback 729pp $42.00. O'Callaghan, E. B.. List of Editions of the Holy Scriptures, A. 1861. This is a facsimile reprint of A List of Editions of the Holy Scriptures and Parts Thereof Printed in America Previous to 1860. This is a 6x9 volume, available in paperback 483pp $25.00. Books About English Bible History Anderson, Christopher. Annals of the English Bible, The. 1845. This is a facsimile reprint of this important work detailing an extensive history of the Bible in English. This is a 6x9 volume, available in paperback (volume 1) 658pp $29.00, paperback (volume 2) 726pp $29.00. Eadie, John. English Bible, The. 1876. This is a facsimile reprint of The English Bible: An External and Critical History of the Various English Translations of Scripture/ This is a 6x9 volume, available in paperback (volume 1) 460pp $24.00, paperback (volume 2) 516pp $25.00. Historical Account of the English Versions of the Scriptures, An. 1841. This is a facsimile reprint of the historical introduction to Bagster's 1841 Hexapla. This is the full 160 page original version. This is an excellent history of the early English versions of the Bible such as the Great Bible, Bishops' Bible and others. This is an 8.5x11 volume, available in paperback 160pp $16.00. Hoare, H. W.. Evolution of the English Bible, The. 1901. This is a historical sketch of the successive versions from 1382 to 1885. It includes a few facsimile pages from old Bibles as well as portraits of Wycliffe, Tyndale and Coverdale. It begins with an excellent chronological table of the development of the English Bible. A "JF" series product. This is a 6x9 volume, available in paperback 333pp $20.00. Johnson, Anthony. Historical Account of the Several English Translations of the Bible, An. 1730. This is a facsimile reprint of An Historical Account of the Several English Translations of the Bible and the Opposition They Met with from the Church of Rome. This is a 6x9 volume, available in paperback 111pp $0.00. Newth, Samuel. Lectures on Bible Revision. 1881. This is a facsimile reprint of Lectures on Bible Revision. It includes an appendix with prefaces to several of the historical Bibles (Tyndale, Coverdale, Geneva, etc). This is a 6x9 volume, available in paperback 257pp $17.00. Wright, John. Early Bibles of America. 1894. This is a facsimile reprint of Early Bibles of America; Being a Descriptive Account of Bibles Published in the United Sates, Mexico and Canada. Includes 33 facsimile pages of historic and interesting Bibles. This is a 6x9 volume, available in paperback 565pp $26.00. Wright, John. Historic Bibles in America. 1905. This work lists and describes several types of historic Bibles found in America. Included are Bibles owned by Kings, Queens, Presidents, Military men, reformers, famous persons, and those of the Confederate States. A great companion to his other work Early Bibles of America. This is a 6x9 volume, available in paperback 258pp $19.00. Books About English Bible Translators Carrick, Charles Chester. Wycliffe. 1908. This is a facsimile reprint of a biography of John Wycliffe who either translated or began the movement that translated the first New Testament in Middle English. A "JF" series product. This is a 6x9 volume, available in paperback 336pp $14.00. Chester, Joseph Lemuel. John Rogers. 1861. This is a facsimile reprint of a biography of John Rogers who worked with Tyndale and produced the Matthew Bible of 1537. A "JF" series product. This is a 6x9 volume, available in paperback 472pp $17.00. Demaus, Robert. William Tyndale. 1886. This is a facsimile reprint of a biography of William Tyndale who translated the first New Testament in Modern English. Revised by Richard Lovett. A "JF" series product. This is a 6x9 volume, available in paperback 580pp $19.00. Lowndes, John James. Myles Coverdale. 1838. This is a facsimile reprint of a biography of Myles Coverdale who may have helped Tyndale with his translation, made at least two translations of his own and worked on several others. A "JF" series product. This is a 6x9 volume, available in paperback 272pp $13.00. Pennington, Arthur Robert. Desiderius Erasmus. 1875. This is a facsimile reprint of a biography of Erasmus who was very active in producing early critical Greek Testaments as well as many other works. A "JF" series product. This is a 6x9 volume, available in paperback 400pp $15.00. Books About Specific Versions Where the Old and New Versions Differ. 1881. This is a facsimile reprint of the 1881 book "Where The Old And New Versions Differ. The Actual changes in the Authorized and Revised New Testament. Printed in parallel columns." This is a volume, available in paperback 346pp $18.00. Other Books Specimen Verses. 1915. This book has specimen verses from the many languages that the Scriptures were translated into by 1915. Over 250 different languages are represented, showing John 3:16 for each one. This is a 6x9 volume, available in paperback 58pp $9.00. English Language Along with the study of the Bible in English comes the study of the English language itself. Many words we Christians use regularly were first coined by Bible translators. Our language has gone through several phases such as Old English, Middle English, and Modern English. Books About The English Language Kington-Oliphant, T L. Old And Middle English, The. 1878. The predecessors to our modern English are important both in the study of the language and in the study of Bible translations. This book discusses the earlier periods known as Old and Middle English. Old English includes the Lindisfarne & Rushworth Gospels. Wycliffe's translation is an example of Middle English. This is a 6x9 volume, available in paperback 696pp $27.00. Wood, H T W. Changes In The English Language. 1870. This is a facsimile reprint of Changes In the English Language, Between the Publication of Wiclif's Bible and That of the Authorised Version. This is a 6x9 volume, available in paperback 76pp $8.00. Facsimile Bibles Facsimile Bibles are exact photocopies of the originals which are often hidden away in a museum. This means you will be reading exactly what was printed on a page 300, 400 or even 500 years ago. It also means that you will see the smudges, tears, dirt and spots that may obscure small portions of text. I have attempted to note the facsimiles with major problems, but please note that all may have some errors. 1. Pre-English Bibles Diatessaron of Tatian. 175. This is an English Translation of the Diatessaron of Tatian. This was a harmony of the four gospels compiled in the third quarter of the second century. It was "first edited in an English form" by Samuel Hemphill in 1888. This is a 6x9 volume, available in hardback 112pp $30.00, paperback 112pp $16.00. Gothic and Anglo Saxon Gospels. 350. The Gothic and Anglo Saxon Gospels with the Versions of Wycliffe and Tyndale in a facsimile reprint. This was originally published in 1888. The original scans for this edition have errors. A few pages are smeared and there are some pages with text loss toward the center of the book. Please take note of this before ordering. This is an 8.5x11 volume, available in hardback 626pp $43.00, paperback 626pp $30.00. Caedmon's Metrical Paraphrase. 650. This is a facsimile reprint of Caedmon's Metrical Paraphrase of parts of the Holy Scriptures in Anglo Saxon. This is an edition by Benjamin Thorpe published in 1832. It includes Thorpe's English translation in parallel. The images for this copy had several problems. About 15 pages have 10-20% text missing and one page was completely missing. Please consider that before ordering. This is a 6x9 volume, available in hardback 377pp $34.00, paperback 377pp $21.00. Genesis A. 650. This is a facsimile of the 1915 printing of Caedmon's Genesis A. This is a modern English translation from the Old English translated by Lawrence Mason. This is a 6x9 volume, available in hardback 74pp $28.00, paperback 74pp $15.00. Lindisfarne and Rushworth Gospels. 950. This is a facsimile reprint of a four volume work titled The Lindisfarne and Rushworth Gospels in Latin and Anglo Saxon. It is reproduced here in just two volumes. Edited by J. Stevenson and G. Waring, published from 1854-65. This is a 6x9 volume, available in hardback (volume 1) 385pp $34.00, hardback (volume 2) 517pp $37.00, paperback (volume 1) 385pp $21.00, paperback (volume 2) 517pp $24.00. West Saxon Psalms. 950. This is a facsimile reprint of the 1907 work edited by James Wilson Bright, The West Saxon Psalms, Being the Prose Portion, or The 'First Fifty' of the So-Called Paris Psalter. This is a 6x9 volume, available in hardback 162pp $29.00, paperback 162pp $17.00. West Saxon Gospels. 1000. This is a facsimile of four volumes edited by James Wilson Bright from the years 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1910. All four volumes are here included in one, giving you the entire West Saxon Gospels in just one book. Some pages were missing from the scans used to produce this book. They are as follows: Matthew: 50-51, 54-55, 114-115, 118; Luke: 7-8, 9-10 This is a 6x9 volume, available in hardback 664pp $39.00, paperback 664pp $26.00. 2. Middle English Bibles Fourteenth Century English Biblical Version. 1380. This is a facsimile copy of A Fourteenth Century English Biblical Version edited by Anna C. Paues and published by Cambridge in 1904. This is a 6x9 volume, available in hardback 352pp $33.00, paperback 352pp $21.00. Wycliffe Bible. 1382. This is a five volume reprint of Forshall & Madden's 1850 critical edition of Wycliffe's Bible. Theirs is recognized as the definitive edition of Wycliffe's Bible. Includes an extensive introduction containing a history of this and Anglo-Saxon translations. Originally, this was a four volume work. Limitations of my publisher force this into five volumes. Volume A contains Genesis through Ruth, Volume B 1 Kings - II Paralipomenon, Volume C 1 Esdras - Isaiah, Volume D Jeremiah - II Maccabees, Volume E Matthew - Apocalypse. This is an 8.5x11 volume, available in hardback (volume 1) 755pp $46.00, hardback (volume 2) 480pp $39.00, hardback (volume 3) 757pp $46.00, hardback (volume 4) 557pp $41.00, hardback (volume 5) 771pp $46.00. 3. Pre-1611 Bibles New Testament in Scots. 1520. This is a facsimile of Murdoch Nisbet's 1520 translation of the text of the Wycliffe-Purvey New Testament into Scots. It was eventually published by the Scottish Text Society. Scots is a dialect of English, with variants throughout the country. Example Scripture: Jesus sais to him, I am way, treuth, and lif; na man commis to the fader, bot be me. (John 14:6). This is a three volume set. This is a 6x9 volume, available in hardback (volume 1) 338pp $33.00, hardback (volume 2) 381pp $34.00, hardback (volume 3) 407pp $34.00, paperback (volume 1) 338pp $21.00, paperback (volume 2) 381pp $21.00, paperback (volume 3) 407pp $22.00. Tyndale's 1525 Matthew Fragment. 1525. This is a facsimile of William Tyndale's 1525 fragment of Matthew produced at Cologne. This is sometimes known as the Cologne Fragment. The printing of this first edition was interrupted by authorities seeking to shut down Tyndale and his work. A "JF" series product. This is a 6x9 volume, available in paperback 64pp $15.00. J. I. Mombert's 1884 edition of Tyndale's Pent.. 1530. In 1884 J. I. Mombert produced a "critical" edition of William Tyndale's 1530 Pentateuch. It shows the main text with variations from Tyndale's 1534 Genesis, the Vulgate Pentateuch as well as Luther and Matthew's Bible. This is a 6x9 volume, available in hardback 783pp $48.00. Jonah. 1531. This is a facsimile of William Tyndale's prologue and translation of Jonah. This is Herbert's number 6, STC number 2788. This is a 6x9 volume, available in paperback 49pp $9.00. Tyndale 1534 New Testament. 1534. This is one of the last New Testaments published while Tyndale was still alive. The original title was "The Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke by Willyam Tindale and fynesshed in the yere of our Lorde God A.M.D. & xxxiiii. in the month of November. " The original copy is Herbert's number 13, STC 2826 (John 14:3b-14:28a and Romans 2:9b-3:4 taken from Herberts 15). A "JF" series product. This is a 6x9 volume, available in hardback 798pp $46.00. Coverdale Bible. 1535. Myles Coverdale was the first to publish a complete English Bible. Coverdale's work was based on the Zurich Bible of Zwingli, the Vulgate, the Latin text of Paginius, Martin Luther's Bible and Tyndale's New Testament. This was the first Bible to introduce chapter summaries instead of just chapter headings. Due to the quality of the scans used for this facsimile, the marginal notes were lost. Two pages from 2 Maccabees are missing (12:32-14:14). There are also some pages with minor text loss due to the condition of the original Bible. Otherwise, this is a readable copy of a 1535 Bible! The New Testament portion is a "JF" series production. This is an 8.5x11 volume, available in hardback 390pp $42.00, paperback 390pp $30.00. Coverdale Illustrated 1538 New Testament. 1538. This is a 1538 Coverdale New Testament with over 200 woodcut illustrations. This unique and historical Bible is an edition of Coverdale's 1535 Bible. A "JF" series product. This is a 6x9 volume, available in hardback 568pp $40.00, paperback 568pp $28.00. Coverdale's Latin/English Diglot New Testament. 1538. This is a facsimile of Coverdale's corrected Latin/English Diglot from November of 1538, printed in Paris. This may be the very first facsimile of this rare translation ever published. Cleaned, formatted and presented to you by a Biblical Scholar who wants God's word available to us all! Herbert's # 39. A "JF" series product. This is an 8.5x11 volume, available in hardback 575pp $44.00, paperback 575pp $32.00. Great Bible. 1540. This is a digital facsimile of the 1540 Great Bible. The New Testament is currently available - the Old Testament and Apocrypha are under construction. Please note that the source images available had errors as found in the original copy. Throughout most of the New Testament these were minimal, however in the last few pages of Revelation the images were poor. This is an 8.5x11 volume, available in hardback 210pp $35.00. Crowley, Robert. Psalter of David. 1549. This is a facsimile reprint of The Psalter of David translated into English Metre (the first such Psalter in English Meter). This is a 6x9 volume, available in hardback 356pp $33.00, paperback 356pp $21.00. Sir John Cheke's Version. 1550. This book is Sir John Cheke's version of Matthew and Mark chapter 1 from 1550. This is a facsimile reprint of James Goodwin's 1843 reprint of Cheke's work. It includes his translation and some of his letters. This is a 6x9 volume, available in hardback 138pp $27.00, paperback 138pp $15.00. Whittingham New Testament. 1557. This is a facsimile copy of William Whittingham's 1557 New Testament. This was the precursor to the Geneva Bible of 1560. While he did go on to work on the Geneva Bible, his New Testament should be considered a separate version. Very hard to find in facsimile or any format! This edition is cleaned up from the paperback version, 1 original page per facsimile page and hardbound. This is a 6x9 volume, available in hardback (volume 1) 508pp $40.00, hardback (volume 2) 434pp $40.00. Whittingham's NT. 1557. This is a facsimile copy of William Whittingham's 1557 New Testament. This was the precursor to the Geneva Bible of 1560. While he did go on to work on the Geneva Bible, his New Testament should be considered a separate version. Very hard to find in facsimile or any format! This is a 9x7 volume, available in paperback 468pp $26.00. Geneva Bible. 1560. This is the Bible of the Reformation, published in 1560. This was the first Bible to be printed in easier to read Roman type. It was also the first to divide the text into verses as found in Stephanus' 1551 Greek NT. This fast became a popular Bible, despite its controversial study notes. Even the KJV committee recognized its value, using it as one of their resources in developing the Authorised Verison. This is an 8.5x11 volume, available in hardback (volume 1) 785pp $47.00, hardback (volume 2) 454pp $39.00. Bishop's Bible. 1595. This version was created by Matthew Parker and other Bishops of the Church of England. There was a desire in England to have a new translation that fit the current church. While the Geneva Bible was a superior translation its study notes made it unacceptable for use by the Church of England. The Bishops Bible is a revision of the Great Bible. It would be the last protestant version before the Authorised version of 1611. It has been called the “rough draft” for the AV. It is also considered the second authorised version. Its use was limited and short lived as it was outclassed by the superior Geneva Bible. NOTE: The original scans for this edition have errors. A few pages have text loss due to scanning errors. Please take note of this before ordering. This is an 8.5x11 volume, available in hardback (volume 1) 740pp $46.00, hardback (volume 2) 409pp $37.00, paperback (volume 1) 740pp $33.00, paperback (volume 2) 409pp $25.00. Geneva Bible. 1599. This is a later edition of the Geneva Bible of 1560. It is the 1599 revision of the original 1560. This is an 8.5x11 volume, available in hardback (volume 1) 641pp $44.00, hardback (volume 2) 264pp $33.00, paperback (volume 1) 641pp $32.00, paperback (volume 2) 264pp $22.00. 4. 1611 to 1901 Bibles Psalms of King David. 1667. This is a facsimile reprint of The Psalms of King David by Miles Smyth. This was published in 1667. Due to problems in the orginal source images, two pages are missing. Please keep this in mind before ordering. This is a 6x9 volume, available in hardback 380pp $34.00, paperback 380pp $21.00. Authorised Version with Geneva Notes. 1672. In 1672 a Bible was published that combined the well known King James Version Scripture and the study notes of the Geneva Bible. This is an 8.5x11 volume, available in hardback (volume 1) 740pp $46.00, hardback (volume 2) 248pp $34.00, paperback (volume 1) 740pp $34.00, paperback (volume 2) 248pp $21.00. New Testament Epitomized. 1708. This is a facsimile reprint of a poetic paraphrase of the New Testament titled The New Testament Epitomized; Being the Contents of all the Chapters Therein Done Into Verse for the Benefit of Youth by W. T. in 1708. This is a 6x9 volume, available in paperback 56pp $9.00. Primitive New Testament. 1745. This is a facsimile reprint of the Primitive New Testament as done by William Whiston in 1745. Whiston follows the AV closely except where it deviates from the Beza GNT. Herbert's Number 1071. This is a 6x9 volume, available in hardback 330pp $33.00, paperback 330pp $20.00. Explanatory Notes Upon the New Testament. 1755. This is a facsimile of John Wesley's work. Wesley translated this work when a debilitating illness prevented him from travelling and preaching. He wanted to create a New Testament that people could understand. The English of the KJV was no longer that commonly spoken. He "examined minutely every word of the New Testament in the original Greek" to create his translation. Though done during this illness during which he expected he might die, this work was really the culmination of 25 years of study begun in 1729. This is a 6x9 volume, available in hardback 579pp $41.00, paperback 579pp $28.00. Nathaniel Scarlett's New Testament. 1798. Nathaniel Scarlett's 1798 "A Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek Humbly Attempted by Nathaniel Scarlett assisted by Men of Piety & Literature." The team met weekly to revise the translation. Scarlett included notes to show whether it was a person speaking, or the "historian" writing the Gospel (see John 14:6). The following were part of the translation team: Nathaniel Scarlett, James Creighton, William Vidler, John Cue. This is a 6x9 volume, available in hardback 514pp $37.00, paperback 514pp $24.00. Leicester Sawyer's NT. 1858. Leicester Sawyer arranged the books of the NT chronologically and reorganized the chapters and divisions. His layout makes for a very readable Bible. This is a 6x9 volume, available in hardback 423pp $34.00, paperback 423pp $22.00. Song of Solomon in 24 English Dialects. 1862. This is a facsimile reprint of "The Song of Solomon in 24 English Dialects." This is really a series of small books that were commissioned by Prince Bonaparte in the mid 1800s. Dialects included are those of Cornwall, Cumberland, Devonshire, Dorset, Durham, Lancashire, Norfolk, Northumberland, Saxon English, Lowland Scots, Somersetshire, Sussex, Westmoreland, Wiltshire and Yorkshire. Please note: The copy used to produce this facsimile was not correct, sections were missing that were listed in the original contents. Others were listed out of the order of binding. One section was added that was not listed. To round out the total number of dialects to the original 24, Henry Scott Riddell’s Lowland Scots was added to the end. A resorted table of contents is included. The original table of contents is left intact for reference. This is a 7.5x7.5 volume, available in paperback 486pp $22.00. Nu Testament ov or Lord. 1864. This is a facsimile reprint of The Nu Testament ov Or Lord and Savyor Jezus Krist published by Elias Longley in 1864. This is the entire New Testament in Phonetic Spelling. An unusual and awkward Bible oddity! This is a 6x9 volume, available in hardback 346pp $33.00, paperback 346pp $21.00. Tischendorf, Constantine. Tischendorf AV New Testament with variants. 1869. This is a facsimile reprint of The New Testament: The Authorised English Version; With Introduction, And Various Readings From The Three Most Celebrated Manuscripts Of The Original Greek Text . This is a 6x9 volume, available in hardback 437pp $35.00, paperback 437pp $22.00. American Revised Edition. 1882. This is a New Testament from 1882 which is properly called the American Revised Edition. The text of the American Standard Version, by agreement with the English Committee, was not supposed to be published until after 1900. However, the American Baptist Publication Society took the Revised Version, incorporated the American Committee's preferred readings into the text, and published it in 1882. The text of this Bible should be close to the ASV. This is a 6x9 volume, available in dustcover 525pp $38.00, paperback 525pp $24.00. Psalms: Frae Hebrew Intil Scottis. 1882. The Psalms: Frae Hebrew Intil Scottis (From Hebrew Into Scots) by P. Hately Waddell published in 1882. This is a 7.44x9.68 volume, available in paperback 113pp $17.00. English Revised Version. 1885. In 1881 a revision of the Authorised New Testament was published, with the Old Testament following in 1885. An American committee was involved, though many of their suggestions were relegated to an appendix. Despite the quality of this work, it never caught on as well as the King James Version. It is often called simply "The Revised Version." This is a 6x9 volume, available in hardback (volume 1) 711pp $40.00, hardback (volume 2) 231pp $31.00, paperback (volume 1) 711pp $28.00, paperback (volume 2) 231pp $18.00. Parallel AV & ERV NT. 1885. This is a parallel edition of the 1885 English Revised Version New Testament. It shows the Authorised and English Revised Versions in two parallel columns. This is a 6x9 volume, available in hardback 322pp $32.00, paperback 322pp $20.00. Apocrypha (English Revised Version). 1894. This is the Apocrypha of the English Revised Version translated in 1894, published by Thomas Nelson in 1895. This is a 6x9 volume, available in hardback 188pp $30.00, paperback 188pp $17.00. Historical New Testament. 1901. This is a facsimile reprint of The Historical New Testament a new translation by James Moffatt. This is the second and revised edition. Arranged in the "order of its literary growth and according to the dates of the documents." This is a 6x9 volume, available in hardback 768pp $42.00. New Testament from the Sinaitic Manuscript. 1918. This is a facsimile reprint of H. T. Anderson's The New Testament: Translated from the Sinaitic Manuscript Discovered by Constantine Tischendorf at Mt. Sinai published in 1918. This is a separate translation from his earlier New Testament in 1864. This is a 7.44x9.68 volume, available in paperback 320pp $23.00. 5. Post 1901 Bibles American Baptist Publication Society Bible. 1913. This is a two volume edition (due to lulu.com limitations) of a Bible published by the American Baptist Publication Society in 1913. The ABPS took over this Bible from the American Bible Union in either 1882 or 1883. The ABPS first published this version in 1891. This is a facsimile; a few pages had underlining on them and there was some distortion toward the center of some pages. However, the Scripture is readable throughout. This is a 6x9 volume, available in hardback (volume 1) 724pp $41.00, hardback (volume 2) 679pp $40.00, paperback (volume 1) 724pp $28.00, paperback (volume 2) 679pp $27.00. Frank Schell Ballentine. Plainer Bible. 1922. This is "A Plainer Bible for Plain People in Plain American" by Chaplain Ballentine. It was published in 1922. This is a facsimile reprint of that edition. This is a 6x9 volume, available in hardback 476pp $37.00, paperback 476pp $25.00. Wade, George Woosung. Documents of the New Testament. 1934. Translation by George Woosung Wade of the New Testament from Greek. Released in 1934. This is intended to be an accurate, yet not literal rendering of the GNT. The books are not in canonical order, but in historical order. Verses within the books are sometimes reordered as well: John chapter 14 is inserted after 13:31-38, which is moved to after chapter 16, etc. Cross references: Herbert's Catalogue - 2246, Chamberlin pg 576. This is a 6x9 volume, available in hardback 574pp $38.00, paperback 574pp $25.00. Greek Testaments The New Testament was first written in Greek. These facsimiles are provided to give fellow scholars a chance to read these ancient documents. Greek New Testaments Codex Alexandrinus. This is a color facsimile of the Codex Alexandrinus New Testament. A "JF" series product. This is an 8.5x11 volume, available in paperback 266pp $79.00. Codex Sinaiticus. This is a facsimile of the Codex Sinaiticus New Testament edited by Constantine Tischendorf. A "JF" series product. This is an 8.5x11 volume, available in paperback 272pp $32.00. Codex Vaticanus. This is a color facsimile of the Codex Vaticanus New Testament. This has been scaled down to 8.5" x 8.5" (the largest square book available through lulu.com). A "JF" series product. This is an 8.5x8.5 volume, available in paperback 304pp $89.00. Complutensian Polyglot. This is a facsimile of the Complutensian Polyglot Greek-Latin New Testament. A "JF" series product. This is an 8.5x11 volume, available in paperback 430pp $27.00. New Testament in Greek. This is a facsimile of an Erasmus Greek-Latin New Testament with annotations. A "JF" series product. This is an 8.5x11 volume, available in paperback 558pp $26.00. Text Bibles Text Bibles reprints of ancient versions, but are made in a word processor. Every effort is made to ensure that these are kept in original spelling. These bibles will not look exactly the same, nor will they be laid out on the page the same as the original. However, using modern typesetting makes for a clearer, more readable text. 2. Middle English Bibles Terence Noble. Wycliffe New Testament (Modern Spelling Edition). 1390. This is the New Testament of Terence Noble's modern spelling update of the Wycliffe Bible of the 14th century. From the back cover: Wycliffe Bible. 1395. John Wycliffe is credited as the first to translate the Bible into English. Nicholas Hereford is known to have translated much of the Old Testament. John Purvey, one of Wycliffe's associates, produced a revised version of Wycliffe's Bible in 1388. Demand was high, but since these Bibles had to be copied by hand it was difficult to keep up. The Wycliffe Bible is difficult for us to read today as it is written in "Middle English." This is an 8.5x11 volume, available in hardback 693pp $45.00, paperback 693pp $32.00. 3. Pre-1611 Bibles Tyndale Bible. 1534. William Tyndale first began printing the New Testament in Cologne in 1525. However, he was soon stopped from continuing and had to flee to Worms. The 1525 printing is known as the "Cologne Fragment" or "Cologne Quarto." He finished printing a full new testament in 1526. By 1534 he had published the five books of the Pentateuch as well. His was the first English New Testament printed on a printing press. So opposed was the church to the Bible in English that Tyndale was eventually caught and executed. However, even while in prison he continued to translate portions of the Bible. This is a text reprint of his Pentateuch, Jonah and the New Testament in original spelling. This is a 6x9 volume, available in dustcover 635pp $42.00, hardback 635pp $42.00, paperback 635pp $30.00. Coverdale Bible. 1535. Myles Coverdale was the first to publish a complete English Bible. Coverdale's work was based on the Zurich Bible of Zwingli, the Vulgate, the Latin text of Paginius, Martin Luther's Bible and Tyndale's New Testament. This was the first Bible to introduce chapter summaries instead of just chapter headings. This is an 8.5x11 volume, available in hardback 687pp $44.00, paperback 687pp $33.00. Great Bible. 1540. Essentially a revision of the Matthew Bible, this Bible got its name from its large size. It had several other names: The Cranmer Bible (he wrote the preface), Cromwell Bible (he did the most to prepare for its publication), Whitechurch Bible (he printed several editions), and the Chained Bible (it was chained to pulpits ). Coverdale worked on this Bible as well, but this version is not known by his name. This is an 8.5x11 volume, available in hardback 682pp $45.00, paperback 682pp $34.00. Bishops' Bible. 1568. This version was created by Matthew Parker and other bishops (hence the name). While the Geneva Bible was a superior translation, it's study notes made it unacceptable for use by the Church of England. This Bible is a revision of the Great Bible. This would be the last version before the Authorised* Version (AV) of 1611. Some refer to it as the rough draft for the AV. This is also considered the second "authorised" version. This is an 8.5x11 volume, available in hardback 640pp $44.00, paperback 640pp $32.00. Geneva Bible. 1587. This is a later edition of the Geneva Bible of 1560. It is the 1587 revision of the original 1560. This is an 8.5x11 volume, available in hardback 698pp $45.00, paperback 698pp $32.00. 4. 1611 to 1901 Bibles Authorised Version. 1611. In 1611, King James wanted a new translation of the Scriptures. While his reasons were not holy at all, the work done on this translation was quite good. No book has been reprinted more than this translation and its revisions. Take a careful look, though, at the spellings and uses of the words. It is NOT the same as the "King James Version" we are familiar with. Our King James Bibles are really a 1769 (or later) revision of this original work. This is an 8.5x11 volume, available in hardback 728pp $45.00, paperback 728pp $33.00. John Wesley NT. 1755. John Wesley translated this work when a debilitating illness prevented him from travelling and preaching. He wanted to create a New Testament that people could understand. The English of the KJV was no longer that commonly spoken. He "examined minutely every word of the New Testament in the original Greek" to create his translation. Though done during this illness during which he expected he might die, this work was really the culmination of 25 years of study begun in 1729. This is a 6x9 volume, available in hardback 479pp $36.00, paperback 479pp $24.00. Noah Webster Bible. 1833. Noah Webster, best known for his English language dictionary, also produced his own modern English translation of the Bible. While his was an excellent and highly accurate translation, it did not gain wide usage due to the popularity of the King James Bible. This is an 8.5x11 volume, available in hardback 628pp $44.00, paperback 628pp $31.00. Isaac Leeser OT. 1853. Leeser took 17 years to complete his translation. This was the standard American Jewish Bible until the Jewish Publication Society's work in 1917. This is an 8.5x11 volume, available in hardback 689pp $45.00, paperback 689pp $33.00. Alexander Campbell's Acts. 1858. This translation of Acts was later included in the American Bible Union New Testament. This volume was produced to aid scholars of the American Reformation movement. This is a 6x9 volume, available in hardback 54pp $21.00, paperback 54pp $8.00. Holy Bible - American Standard Version. 1901. This is a text (done in a word processor) reprint of the American Standard Version of the Holy Bible (1901). This is an 8.5x11 volume, available in hardback 734pp $46.00, paperback 734pp $33.00. Novelty Items Gospels for Hackers. 2006. This is a humorous, yet actually readable triglot of the four Gospels. Every word of the King James Version has been transliterated into three forms of "elite speech." This "l33T sP33K" is in three levels - lite, medium and hard. Read things like "7H3N j053pH B3!n6 R@!53d fR0m 5133P d!d @5 7H3 @n631 0f 7H3 10Rd H@D B!DD3N h!m." Whether it is for a gag gift for that "techie" on your list or as a sneaky form of evangelism for a programmer you know, you'll enjoy this truly unusual Bible. This is an 8.5x11 volume, available in paperback 660pp $25.00. News at the Bible Museum Store 01/20/2009 - Added a facsimile of A Plainer Bible for Plain People in Plain American (1922) by Frank Schell Ballentine. 12/28/2008 - Added two books: Psalmists of Britain and Where the Old and New Versions Differ (in Bible History). 10/28/2008 - Prices in the store have been raised due to Lulu.com's rising printing costs. Prices have also been standardized. I apologize for the need to raise prices. 10/02/2008 - I just received an e-mail from Lulu.com that printing prices will be raised. It appears that for the museum store this will mostly affect hardback books. I will attempt to adjust pricing as quickly as the changes take effect (scheduled for Oct. 28th right now). If you were planning to purchase any Bibles, you might consider doing it now before the prices go up (probably about $3.00 USD per book). 08/27/2008 - Added The Apocrypha (1894) of the English Revised Version to facsimile Bibles. 08/25/2008 - Added The Song of Solomon in 24 English Dialects to facsimile Bibles. Work continues on the Great Bible. I have a helper working on cleaning up the Old Testament pages now. 05/15/2008 - A hard drive failure on my system has put me behind quite a bit on getting facsimiles ready. I am having to redo some of my work. The Old Testament of the Great Bible, then the Coverdale 1535 Old Testament are next. 02/14/2008 - Added a Bible printed by the American Baptist Publication Society in 1913. This was their version of the earlier American Bible Union version. 01/07/2008 - Added Sir John Cheke's version of the Bible (James Goodwin's 1843 reprint of his version). 11/29/2007 - Added Holy Bible: American Standard Version - a text (made in a word processor) reprint of the 1901 Bible (under Text Bibles). 11/07/2007 - Added The Psalms: Frae Hebrew Intil Scottis (from Hebrew into Scotts) by P. Hately Waddell (1882). 11/01/2007 - Added American Revised Edition, New Testament, 1882 under Facsimile Bibles, section 4 (1611 to 1901). 10/27/2007 - Added Documents of the New Testament by George Woosung Wade, under Facsimile Bibles. 10/05/07 - Added the facsimile of Tyndale 1534 New Testament, Added a five volume reprint of the Forshall & Madden reprint of the Wycliffe Bible, Added The Evolution of the English Bible by H. w. Hoare. 09/07/07 - Added the facsimile of Coverdale 1538 Illustrated New Testament. This is the NT of Coverdale's version with over 200 woodcut illustrations. Thanks to JF for this one! 09/05/07 - Removed "Calvin's Incomplete Bible" since the source of this text is unknown and its history is dubious at best. Thank you to Mr. Lachman for his help on that one! 08/22/07 - Added Coverdale Bible of 1535 facsimile, volume 2 - Apocrypha & New Testament. 08/13/07 - Added Historic Bibles in America by John Wright. 07/26/2007 - Added Psalter of David by Robert Crowley. This was the first Psalter in English Meter. Added Tischendorf AV New Testament with variants published in 1869. Added The Historical Catalogue of the Printed Editions of Holy Scripture In The Library of The British and Foreign Bible Society In Two Volumes, Volume I - English. 07/24/2007 - Added Old and Middle English. Another slight update to the Store. 07/23/2007 - Added: Newth, Samuel. Lectures on Bible Revision. 1881. This is a facsimile reprint of Lectures on Bible Revision. It includes an appendix with prefaces to several of the historical Bibles (Tyndale, Coverdale, Geneva, etc). Minor changes to the Store website as I swtich over to a program generated storefront as opposed to the hand edited one. 07/19/2007 - Facsimile of Myles Coverdale's 1538 Latin/English Diglot New Testament has been added. Courtesy of the "JF" series! 07/10/2007 - Work has started on a facsimile of Coverdale's 1535 Bible. Click here for a sample page. I am considering putting this together "as-is" without the extensive editing it would take to remove the black edges. Let me know your opinion! The editing takes a great deal of time and usually does not enhance the readability of the text. The sample page here is cleaned up quite a bit from its original state. Producing facsimiles this way would speed up the process and expedite releasing several other facsimiles that are waiting to be printed. Also, if you know of software that could fix black edges, skewed pages, noise and other scanning problems please let me know. 07/09/2007 - Facsimile of Tyndale's 1531 translation of Jonah has been added. The New Testament of the Tyndale text Bible has been finished by the proofer and is being formatted. 06/25/2007 - BibleReadersMuseum.com is online. Site is obviously still under construction. Please let me know if you find errors or problems. 04/21/2007 - Added the "JF" series - facsimiles prepared by a friend of the Bible Museum. First from the series is a set of biographies on Bible Translators under Bible History, Secondly several Greek Manuscript facsimiles - under Greek Testaments. Thirdly, added a facsimile of Tyndale's Cologne Fragment from 1525. In other reprints - Added Specimen Verses Of The Principal Languages and Dialects In Which the Holy Bible In Whole or In Part Has Been Printed and Circulated By The American Bible Society And Other Bible Societies. Lowered the price on the Gospels for Hackers. 04/20/2007 - Added the Johanine Decapla. This has 10 historical versions of the Bible in parallel - from Wycliffe to the American Standard Version. Found under Museum Products. 03/15/2007 - Added West Saxon Psalms edited by James Wilson Bright. 03/12/2007 - My initial Bible Museum projects are finished: The Bible Version Encyclopedia, God's Timeless Word, Bible Lover's Puzzle Book and A Scripture Sample Book. - Also, Changes in the English Language by H. T. W. wood in 1870, The four volume Lindisfarne and Rushworth Gospels, The New Testament Epitomized and An Historical Account of the Bible from 1730. 02/24/2007 - Bishop's Bible - 1595 facsimile copy now available. There are some flaws both from the original and from the scanning process. 02/21/2007 - Early Bibles of America (1894) by John Wright under "Books About English Bible History" at the bottom of this page. 02/16/2007 - Primitive New Testament (1745) by William Whiston, Diatessaron of Tatian (175), Genesis A (circa 650) by Caedmon translated by Lawrence Mason, The Historical New Testament (1901) by James Moffatt, The New Testament: Translated from the Sinaitic Manuscript Discovered by Constantine Tischendorf at Mt. Sinai (1918) by H. T. Anderson, Nu Testament ov or Lord (1864) - a phonetic spelling New Testament, Explanatory Notes Upon the New Testament (1755) by John Wesley - this is a facsimile version with full notes. Several works on English Bible History have been added as well (See "Books About English Bible History" at the bottom of the page.): Annals of the English Bible by Christopher Anderson, Editions of the Bible by Henry Cotton, List of Editions of the Holy Scriptures by E. B. O'Callaghan, and The English Bible by John Eadie. 02/06/2007 - Caedmon's Metrical Paraphrase (circa 650), The Gothic and Anglo Saxon Gospels (1888), Psalms of King David (1667, Miles Smyth). 02/05/2007 - An Historical Account of the English Versions of the Scriptures - the historical introduction from Bagster's 1841 Hexapla. See "Books About English Bible History" at the bottom of the page. 01/23/2007 - A Fourteenth Century English Biblical Version edited by Anna C. Paues and published by Cambridge in 1904 is available in facsimile format. 12/20/2006 - Whittingham New Testament, Volume 2 (Romans through Revelation) is now ready in hardback, completing the set. The short history of this Museum "store" is as follows: I began taking an interest in historical English Bibles a few years ago. I began collecting facsimiles of the older English Bibles. However, I soon learned that many were not available anywhere. I found computer files that allowed me to print copies for my museum and produced my own facsimiles through lulu.com. Others expressed an interest in having these facsimiles as well. Hence, the online store was started. All the reprints are new - printed on demand through Lulu.com. Lulu.com handles the printing and the checkout. Thus reprints are professional quality paperbacks and hardbacks. Also you will be able to use a credit card, paypal or other method of payment through their checkout system. Feel free to browse through the many reprints offered here. Each one has a short description - to find out pricing and see a preview of the book simply click on the link at the end of the description (i.e. paperback, hardback). The store is able to offer two different types of Bibles. Facsimile Bibles are photocopy duplicates of the originals. Text Bibles are edited and printed in regular text as one might with a word processor. I love God's Word. I truly enjoy studying the history of His Word, especially in English. If you have ideas, comments, questions, suggestions or want to volunteer on a project please contact me (click here). |
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