Bible Translation Timeline ◾1400 B.C.: Ten Commandment tablets given to Moses by God. ◾500 B.C.: Old Testament Hebrew manuscripts completed. ◾200 B.C.: Old Testament and Apocrypha Greek manuscripts completed. ◾100 A.D.: New Testament completed. ◾382 A.D.: Latin Vulgate manuscripts produced. ◾1384 A.D.: First complete Bible ever reproduced. By John Wycliffe. A handwritten copy of all 80 books: the 66 old and new testaments, plus apocrypha. ◾1456 A.D.: First printed Bible, the Gutenberg Bible. It used independently placed characters called movable type, which revolutionized book publishing. ◾1560 A.D.: The first Bible in English, the Geneva Bible. ◾1611 A.D.: The first King James Bible, commissioned by King James I of England. ◾1769 A.D.: The English is edited and updated to reflect the evolving language. ◾1885 A.D.: Apocrypha was removed, leaving 66 books. ◾1947 A.D.: Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered which helped validate the accuracy of the Bible. ◾1982 A.D.: New King James Version published to modernize the English.
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