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More Than One Bible

More Than One Bible Christians still disagree over the content of the Old Testament The Protestant Old Testament is identical to the Hebrew Bible, though the books are arranged and divided differently. Roman Catholics since 1546 (the Council of Trent) have officially included the “deutero-canonical” or “apocryphal” books. These books were included in early editions […]

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a Book That Almost Made It

A Book that Almost Made It Excerpt from a popular writing that some wanted to include in the New Testament: The Shepherd of Hermas In this picturesque allegory, a shepherd (Jesus) gives strict moral guidance through visions, “mandates,” and “similitudes” to a man named “Hermas.” The former slave-turned-businessman wrote it between 90 and 157 in […]

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How We Got Our Bible – Index

How We Got Our Bible   Christian History, Issue 43 From the Editor—Reading the Bible Backwards Did You Know? The Crown of English Bibles The King James Version was the culmination of 200 turbulent years of Bible translation. Also:The Fiery Man behind the First English Bible What the English Bible Cost One Man The betrayal […]

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Did You Know?

Did You Know? Little-known and remarkable facts about the history of the Bible by David M. Scholer The oldest surviving manuscript of any part of the New Testament is a papyrus fragment containing verses from John 18; scholars estimate it was written about 125. We may have sayings of Jesus that are not recorded in […]

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A Testament is Born

A Testament Is Born Could Matthew take shorthand?—and other intriguing reasons the New Testament may have emerged surprisingly early. by Carsten Peter Thiede “But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger” (John 8:6). Here, in the story of the adulteress, we learn that Jesus knew how to write. But […]

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Other New Testaments

Other New Testaments Much like today, early Christians had their favorite texts, and occasionally, letters or even whole Gospels remained unused in certain regions. Second Peter, for example, was read almost exclusively in its “target area,” northern Asia Minor. Clement of Rome, writing in about a.d. 96 (perhaps several decades earlier) is the first known […]

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Discovering the Oldest New Testaments

Discovering the Oldest New Testaments The bizarre stories behind the great Greek manuscripts. by H. G. G. Herklots There have been many crises in the history of Christianity. Few have been greater than that initiated by the emperor Diocletian on February 23, 303. This last great persecution by the Roman Empire was slow in coming, […]

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How We Got Our Old Testament

How We Got Our Old Testament The process was long and complex, and the result is still a matter of dispute. by Bruce Waltke In the late 100s, Bishop Melito of Sardis (in modern Turkey) was pressed by a friend to obtain “an accurate statement of the ancient books as regards their number and their […]

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The Difference a Translation Makes

The Difference a Translation Makes Early attempts to capture Psalm 23 Wycliffe Bible (Purvey Edition, 1388) The Lord gouerneth me, and no thing schal faile to me; in the place of pasture there he hath set me. He nurshide me on the watir of refreischyng; he conuertide my soule. He ledde me forth on the […]

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Gallery – Mavericks and Misfits

The Gallery—Mavericks and Misfits The key players in the history of the Bible haven’t necessarily been popular—or orthodox. by Stephen M. Miller Marcion (c. 85–c. 160) Catalyst for a New Testament The reason Christians have 27 books in their New Testament, some scholars say, is partly because early church leaders didn’t like the 12 that […]

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