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Timeline
of
the
English
Bible
1500
–
500
B.C.
All
of
the
original
Hebrew
manuscripts
that
make
up
the
Old
Testament
are
written
and
completed.
First
century
A.D.
Completion
of
all
the
original
Greek
manuscripts
that
make
up
the
27
books
of
the
New
Testament.
500
A.D.:
Scriptures
have
been
translated
into
over
500
languages.
600
A.D.:
Latin
was
the
only
language
allowed
for
scripture.
995
A.D.:
Anglo-Saxon
(early
roots
of
the
English
Bible)
translations
of
the
New
Testament
are
produced.
1384
A.D.:
John
Wycliffe
is
the
first
person
to
produce
an
English
hand-written
version
of
the
Bible.
1455
A.D.:
Johannes
Gutenberg
invented
the
printing
press.
The
first
book
to
ever
be
printed
was
the
Bible
–
in
Latin.
Early
1500’s
A.D.:
The
first
English
printings
of
the
Bible
were
produced
–
illegally
and
at
great
personal
risk
of
those
involved.
1516
A.D.:
William
Tyndale
and
Erasmus
produce
a
New
Testament
using
6
or
7
partial
New
Testaments.
1522
A.D.:
Martin
Luther
writes
a
German
New
Testament.
1525
A.D.:
William
Tyndale’s
New
Testament
is
the
first
New
Testament
to
be
printed
in
the
English
Language.
1535
A.D.:
Myles
Coverdale’s
Bible
is
the
first
complete
Bible
to
be
printed
in
the
English
language
(80
books.)
1537
A.D.:
Matthews
Bible
is
the
second
complete
Bible
to
be
printed
in
English.
1539
A.D.:
The
“Great
Bible”
is
printed
–
the
first
English
language
Bible
to
be
authorized
for
public
use.
1560
A.D.:
The
Geneva
Bible
was
printed
–
the
first
English
Bible
to
add
numbered
verses
to
each
chapter.
1611
A.D.:
The
King
James
Bible
is
printed
with
all
80
books.
1782
A.D.:
The
Robert
Aiken’s
Bible
(King
James
version)
is
the
first
Bible
to
be
printed
in
America
(66
books).
1782
–
present:
Many
new
versions
of
the
English
Bible
have
been
produced
including:
the
NIV,
NASV,
NKJV
and
more.
Notes:
We
communicate
with
God
in
a
number
of
ways,
which
are
mainly
through
prayer
and
our
actions.
God
communicates
to
us
in
different
ways
also:
through
the
Holy
Spirit,
through
other
people,
from
experiences
and
from
reading
and
trying
to
understand
the
Bible.
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