Christian History Home > 1994 > Issue 43
How We Got Our Bible: Did You Know?
Little-known and remarkable facts about the history of the Bible
David M. Scholer is professor of New Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He is author of A Basic Bibliographic Guide for New Testament Exegesis (Eerdmans, 1973).
How We Got Our Bible: From the Editor - Reading the Bible Backwards
Mark Galli, managing Editor
The Crown of English Bibles
The King James Version was the culmination of 200 turbulent years of Bible translation.
Tony Lane
The Fiery Man Behind the First English Bible
Stephen Miller
The Bible on our Lips
What the English Bible Cost One Man
Tyndale's comfort to persecuted Bible readers
Mark Galli is managing editor of CHRISTIAN HISTORY.
Reading a Banned Book
Tyndale's comfort to persecuted Bible readers
The Difference a Translation Makes
Early attempts to capture Psalm 23.
Wycliffe Bible (Purvey Edition, 1388)
How We Got Our Bible: A Gallery of Mavericks & Misfits
The key players in the history of the Bible haven't necessarily been popular—or orthodox.
Stephen M. Miller is a free-lance writer, formerly editor of Illustrated Bible Life. He is a consulting editor of CHRISTIAN HISTORY.
How We Got Our Bible: Christian History Timeline
by PHILIP W. COMFORT [PHILIP W. COMFORT Dr. Philip W. Comfort is visiting professor of New Testament at Wheaton College and author of The Quest for the Original Text of the New Testament (Baker, 1992).]
A Testament Is Born
Could Matthew take shorthand?—and other intriguing reasons the New Testament may have emerged surprisingly early.
Dr. Carsten Peter Thiede is director of the Institut Für Wissenschaftstheoretische Grundlagenforschung in Paderborn, Germany. He is also a member of the CHRISTIAN HISTORY advisory board.
What Writings Must Christians Obey?
Four definitions of the New Testament
Books That Almost Made It
Excerpt from a popular writing that some wanted to include in the New Testament: The Shepherd of Hermas
How We Got our Old Testament
The process was long and complex, and the result is still a matter of dispute.
Dr. Bruce Waltke is professor of Old Testament at Regent College in Vancouver, British Colombia. His most recent book is a commentary on Micah (Baker, 1993).
More Than One Bible
Christians still disagree over the content of the Old Testament.
Discovering the Oldest New Testaments
The bizarre stories behind the great Greek manuscripts.
H. G. G. Herklots was a professor of exegetical theology at St. John's College in Canada and a rector in Flaxton, Manchester, in England. He wrote How Our Bible Came to Us (Oxford/A&C Black), from which this article is adapted.
The Look and Feel of the First Bibles
H. G. G. Herklots was a professor of exegetical theology at St. John's College in Canada and a rector in Flaxton, Manchester, in England. He wrote How Our Bible Came to Us (Oxford/A&C Black), from which this article is adapted.
How We Got Our Bible: Christian History Interview - From the Apostles To You
INTERVIEW WITH BRUCE METZGER
How We Got Our Bible: Recommended Resources
Browse More ChristianHistory.net
Home | Browse by Topic | Browse by Period | The Past in the Present | Books & Resources
| |
|
