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	1611 King James Bible	"1611 KJV. This is the first edition of the King James Version, known as the noblest monument of English prose. It was a translation made by a committee of scholars and based on the Bishops' Bible, although they gleaned from all the preceding English versions of the Bible, particularly Tyndale's. The KJV reigned as the favorite version of English-speaking people without a serious rival for almost 300 years."
	Rheims N. T. 1582	"First edition, 1582. The first English Bible produced by Roman Catholics. It was published by English exiles at Rheims, France, during the reign of Elizabeth I. The Old Testament was published in two volumes at Douay, France, in 1609/1610. The translation was made from the Latin Vulgate which Catholics believed to be superior to existing Greek translations of the NT. The King James translators were influenced by the Rheims NT and used some of the wording. The OT translation appeared too late to be used by translators working on the KJV. "
	The Bishops' Bible	"First printed in 1568, the Bishops' Bible was a revision of the Great Bible. It was translated by a committee largely of English bishops, hence named the Bishops' Bible. Intended to take the place of the Geneva Bible (an unauthorized Bible), it never won the hearts of the people. The Bible pictured here is the 1602 edition which became the underlying text of the KJV. King James had 40 unbound copies of this edition sent to the KJV translators to use as a guide for the new version."
	The Geneva Bible	"The translation of this popular Bible was made by William Whittingham and other English exiles in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1560, during Queen Mary's (Bloody Mary) reign in England. The New Testament was a revision of Tyndale's text. The Old Testament is based on Tyndale, the Great Bible, as well as Hebrew, Latin, and French texts. The most popular Bible in England until long after the KJV was published, it was the Bible of Shakespeare, the Puritans, and the Pilgrim Fathers. The quarto edition pictured here was printed in 1603."
	Foxe's Book of Martyrs 1563	"This first English edition of Foxe's Book of Martyrs was printed in 1563. Next to the Bible, it is the most noteworthy Christian book ever produced in England. John Foxe depicts the lurid details of the martyrdom of hundreds of Christians from the time of the apostles to his own day. Special attention is given to his native England in the reign of Mary Tudor, otherwise known as Bloody Mary (1553-1558), when about 300 Protestants were burned at the stake. More than any other book outside the Bible, this work is credited with establishing reformation principles in England and throwing off the Roman yoke. "
	Gutenberg Facsimile Gen. 1:1	"This is a facsimilie page from Gutenberg's Bible, the first major book to be published by the new process known as moveable type. The year was approximately 1454/55. The emergence of this new technology meant that for the first time Bibles could be printed in a fraction of the time it took to hand-write one; and they would henceforth be affordable to the average wage earner. Although the Chinese and other Oriental groups had developed a primitive form of printing, it was left to Johann Gutenberg of Mainz, Germany to fully develop the technology."
	Taverner's Bible	"This is the 1551 edition of Taverner's Bible produced by Richard Taverner, an Oxford Greek scholar. It was a revision of Matthew's Bible of 1537. Though a fine translation overall, it was soon overshadowed by the Great Bible which was printed in the same year as Taverners (1539)."
	The Great Bible	"This is the 1562 edition of the Great Bible, a revised version of Matthew's Bible. Miles Coverdale was the guiding force behind this BIble. It was called Great because of its size. Based on Tyndale's Bible as well as Greek and Hebrew texts, it was the first authorized English Bible, the imprimatur granted by Henry VIII. Often called the Chained Bible, copies were chained to the lecturn or table in every parish church in England so people could either read it or hear it read. The first edition was printed in 1539."
	Wycliffe Bible	Finished in 1382, Wycliffe's Bible was the first complete Bible in English. John Wycliffe was the driving force behind the translation. It was handwritten, an almost word-for-word equivalent of the Latin Vulgate translation. Condmned by the Roman Catholic Church in 1408, it nevertheless made a powerful impact on the people of England. This is a facsimile edition.
	The Coverdale Bible	In 1535 Miles Coverdale produced the first complete Bible in the English language. Not being a Hebrew or Greek scholar, he used mostly Tyndale's Bible and Luther's. It was the first Bible to be licensed by the King for distribution. The edition pictured here was published in 1553.

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