The Essential Guide to Bible VersionsAn academic textbook and tutorial that answers complex questions about accuracy and translation methods for the many different English Bible translations, and that introduces readers to Bible manuscripts and textual criticism. The Essential Guide to Bible Versions is an expanded and completely revised trade and classroom edition of The Complete Guide to Bible Versions, in trade paper. |
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Alexandrian American Standard Version ancient apostles Aramaic Bible translation biblical Bodmer canon century A.D. Chester Beatty Christ Christian church Codex Sinaiticus Codex Vaticanus contains copies Coptic dated Dead Sea Scrolls earliest early edition Egypt English Bible English translation exclude verse extant Father glory God's Gospel Greek New Testament Greek text Greek word Hebrew Bible Hebrew text Holy Isaiah Jerome Jesus Jewish Jews John King James Version KJV NKJV NASB literal Luke Majority Text manu Masoretic Text Matthew meaning ment NASB NIV NEB NLT NKJV NRSV NRSV NIV NEB Old Testament original languages original text Paul phrase produced Prophets Psalms published Qumran readers Revised Standard Version Roman RSV NRSV NIV scholars scribal scribes script Scriptures second century Septuagint Syriac Testa Testament Manuscripts text type textual critics textual evidence Textus Receptus third century tion tradition Tyndale variant readings Westcott and Hort witness writing written