THE HISTORY OF THE NEW BIBLES
THE NEW BIBLES:
THERE IS A DEFINITE MANUSCRIPT LINE that has produced the
New Bibles in our bookstores today. Such Bibles as the English
Revised Version of 1884, The American Standard Version of 1901,
The Revised Standard Version, Todays English Version, or "Good
News For Modern Man", of 1968, Plus Moffatt, Weymouth, Douay-
Rheims, Wescott-Hort text of 1881 and Nestles of 1898, and
several other versions.
# The APOCRYPHA (200 B.C. 100 A.D.) (A small collection of
books added to the Latin
Vulgate that are not con-
sidered to be scripture.)
PHILO (20 B.C.-50 A.D.)
CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA (150-215 A.D.) (He mixed
humanistic philosophy with the teachings of Christ)
ORIGIN OF ALEXANDRIA (184-254 A.D.) (He wanted to
combine Greek philosophy with the Bible teachings)
EUSEBIUS OF CAESAREA (260-340 A.D.) (Written to
unify the religions, at the expense of doctrine)
** VATICANUS B (331 A.D.) This manuscript is kept in the
papal palace in Rome.
** SINAITICUS (Codes Aleph) (331 A.D.)
Given its name because it was
found in a monastery on
Mt. Sinai.
(#) JEROME (382 A.D.) (Catholic Bible until 1592)
** ALEXANDRINUS (450 A.D.)(Codes A) (Forty lost sections)
** CODEX EPHRAEMI (450 A.D.)
(#) LATIN VULGATE (1592 A.D.) (The official Bible of the
Roman Catholic Church -
Council of Trent)
BRIAN WALTON (1657 A.D.) JOHN MILL (1707 A.D.)
GRIESBACK (1774 A.D.) CARL LACHMANN (1842 A.D.)
TREGELLES (1857 A.D.) TESCHENDORF (1870 A.D.)
ALFORD (1861 AND 1872 A.D.)
WESCOTT AND HORT (1881 A.D.)
EBERHARD NESTLE (1898 A.D.)
(#) (The "CATHOLIC READINGS" of the Bible, THE LATIN VULGATE,
were REJECTED by the Protestants of the Reformation.)
**(The four manuscripts, denoted here, are ones in
which modern editors have placed so much credibility and
influence in the production of the REVISED STANDARD VERSION.)