Description
Book SynopsisTraces the history of the Bible from the earliest manuscripts to contemporary translations.
Table of Contents1. Introduction
Part 1: Preliminary Matters Regarding the Bible
2. Description of the Bible
3. The Old Testament
4. The New Testament
5. Unity of the Two Covenants
Part 2: The Canonization of the Bible
6. Prerequisites to the Bible
7. Canonization of the Old Testament
8. The Old Testament Extracanonical Books
9. Canonization of the New Testament
10. New Testament Extracanonical Literature
Part 3: Transmission of the Bible
11. Transmission of the Old Testament
12. Sources for Old Testament Textual Criticism
13. Transmission of the New Testament
14. Sources for New Testament Textual Criticism
Part 4: Early Translations of the Bible
15. Early Versions
16. The First Printed Greek Bibles
Part 5: English Translations of the Bible
17. English Bibles Prior to 1611
18. The Authorized Version of 1611 and Its Revisions
19. Modern English Bible Up to 1950
20. Modern Translations from 1950
21. Why So Many Translations?
