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The History of the English Language Bible DISCOVER TheThe HistoryHistory ofof thethe EnglishEnglish LanguageLanguage BibleBible Presbyterian Heritage Center John 1:36 Illuminated Page — Call of the Disciples, Donald Jackson, Copyright 2002, Presbyterian Heritage Center PO Box 207 The Saint John’s Bible, Saint John’s University, Collegeville, Presbyterian Heritage Center Minnesota USA. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Montreat, NC 28757 Booklet copyright, 2016, January. Presbyterian Heritage Center. Learning Initiatives Educational Skills Used In This Booklet Booklets, Presentations, DVDs Analyze Cause and Effect 5, 9, 15 Conceptualize 19 Discussions 5, 9, 12, 15, 18, 19 Learning Initiatives Series Draw Conclusions 12. 19 The Presbyterian Heritage Center (PHC) creates new exhibits each year from its archives and Evaluate 12, 17 artifact collections, as well as from loans of materials from individuals and institutions. Onsite, we Explain 9, 15 utilize many different techniques to educate, including the displays, videos, touch screen kiosks and Make Inferences 5 more. To reach young people, we conduct Confirmation Classes (history), Collegiate Studies & Pose and Answer Questions 5. 18. 19 Visitations, Supplemental Club Programs, Youth Conference Research 5, 9, 12, 15, 18, 19 Related Exhibits, Online & Hands On Activities and Youth Summarize 18 Sunday School Lessons for all Presbyterian denominations. Write 18 Back cover photo shows an illuminated In addition to these limited-time exhibits, the PHC seeks to page from John 1:36 from The Saint provide accompanying educational materials, such as learning John’s Bible. The illumination is entitled booklets, online downloadable materials and DVD resource Call of the Disciples, by Donald Jackson, disks for adults and young people. Copyright 2002, The Saint John’s Bible, The Presbyterian Heritage Center (PHC) believes that Saint John’s University, Collegeville, learning can be exciting, inspiring and transformational. Minnesota USA. Used by permission. The PHC has a responsibility to future generations to All rights reserved. promote strong learning skills and an awareness of their role as participants and guardians of the Presbyterian and Reformed heritage. Board of Directors, 2016 — Presbyterian Heritage Center The PHC seeks to serve youth and adults through this ever John N. Akers John Hinkle Steve Sewell expanding educational series. For more information, go online Montreat, NC Montreat, NC Richmond, VA to www.phcmontreat.org or call 828.669.6556. Terry Brown Butler David Lindsay Eloise Shepherd Mt. Pleasant, SC Charlotte, NC Atlanta, GA Martha D. Campbell Wardie Martin Judy Shuford Montreat, NC Charlotte, NC Montreat, NC James A. Cogswell Peter McKay William Sibley Black Mountain, NC Charlotte, NC Greenville, SC Front cover photo shows title pages of a 1611 Sue Diehl Henry W. Neale J. Eric Skidmore first-edition King James Version of the Bible, Montreat, NC Montreat, NC Columbia, SC with insets left-to-right of a Wycliffe manuscript William E. Dudley Richard Ray Kay L. Stockdale Bible (c. 1388), Queen Elizabeth’s Bishops Signal Mountain, TN Montreat, NC Swannanoa, NC Bible (1568) and a Geneva Bible (1560). Martha Farmer R. Jackson Sadler William Wade Atlanta, GA Montreat, NC Bristol, TN Copyright © 2016. Presbyterian Heritage Center. PO Box 207, Montreat, NC. Paul H. Grier Donald Saunders Ann Fulton Walker 800.669.6556 www.phcmontreat.org [email protected] Greenville, SC Blowing Rock, NC Winston-Salem, NC Permission is granted for use in non-profit, educational & religious activities. Joe Harvard Raleigh, NC Glossary Table of Contents Apocrypha - (a-pakre-fa), noun, biblical or related writ- manuscript - noun, a book, document or piece of music 2 Preface 13 King James Version of the Bible ings not forming part of the accepted canon of Scripture;. written by hand rather than typed or printed. Six teams of translators worked for five Counter Reformation - noun, the Catholic Church’s Pentateuch - (heksa-toook) noun, first five (5) books of 3 The Pre-Reformation resurgence against Protestants during the 16th - 17th the Old Testament Bible collectively. years on the King James Version. centuries beginning with the Council of Trent (1545– Protestant Reformation - noun, also known as the From early Anglo-Saxon translations 14 Fifteen Rules for KJV Translators 1563) and ending at the close of the Thirty Years’ War Reformation, this is religious movement of the 16th 5 Think About It 15 Think About It (1648). century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Eucharist - (yook-a-rest), noun, the Christian ceremony Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protes- 6 The Dawn of the Reformation — 16 Comparisons of Selected commemorating the Last Supper, in which bread and tant churches. Those who protested the Catholic Individual Efforts Translations wine are consecrated and consumed. Church became known as Protestants. Individual translators between 1526 — A look at Genesis I and Psalm 23 in vari- evangelize - (e-van-ge-liz) verb, to proclaim the good quarto - (kwor-doo), noun, a size of book page resulting 1540s led the English translations effort. news of Jesus Christ, so that others may believe. from folding each printed sheet into four leaves (eight ous Bible translations from Wycliffe to Hexateuch - (heksa-toook) noun, first six (6) books of pages). While the size varies, it is about 9½ × 12 inches. 6 William Tyndale the King James Version, as well as familiar the Old Testament Bible collectively. Reformation - see Protestant Reformation. 7 Myles Coverdale sayings coined by William Tyndale. Hussites - noun, followers of reformer John (or Jan) vernacular - (ver-nak-ku-lar), noun, the language or 8 John Rogers & The Matthews Bible 17 Think About It Hus. dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular 9 The Great Bible illuminate - (e-looma-nat), verb, decorate (a page or country or region. Adjective, (of language) spoken as 9 Think About It 18 18th - 20th Century Translations initial letter in a manuscript) with gold, silver, or one's mother tongue; not learned or imposed as a sec- More than 100 new translations were cre- colored designs. ond language. 10 Teams of Translators — Lollards or Lollardy - noun, referring to followers of Vulgate - noun, the principal Latin version of the Bible, ated for a variety of reasons. Bible teacher and translator John Wycliffe. The Middle prepared mainly by St. Jerome in the late 4th century, Geneva, Bishops & King James 18 Think About It English word lollen, meaning to mutter. and (as revised in 1592) adopted as the official text for Scholarly teams tackled newly discovered martyr(s) - (mahr-ter) noun, a person who willingly the Roman Catholic Church. Another meaning is original sources to produce Bibles for 19 A New Illuminated Bible in the suffers death, rather than renounce his or her religion. common or colloquial speech. Presbyterians, Pilgrims, Anglicans and 21st Century Catholics. The first illuminated manuscript Bible in Index 10 The Geneva Bible over 500 years was completed in 2011. Ælfric of Eynsham . 3 James I, King . 13 To Order Booklets: 11 The Bishops’ Bible 19 Think About It Alfred, King . 3 King James Version Bible . 13 - 15 Contact the Presbyterian 12 Rheims-Douai Bible Aldhelm, Bishop . 3 Knox, John . 11 Heritage Center for information on 12 Think About It 20 Glossary & Index Andrewes, Bishop Lancelot . 13, 15 Lollards . 4 these booklets and DVDs. (video Bede, Venerable . 3 Luther, Martin . 6 and/or data). Call 828.669.6556 or Bishops’ Bible. 11 - 12 Mary, Queen (Mary Tudor) . 8, 10 email to [email protected] Coverdale, Myles . 7 - 9 Martin, Gregory. 12 Bishop Richard Challoner . 12 Matthews Bible . 8 r Missions to Japan: 1859 - Today Charles II, King . 15 Nicholas of Hereford . 4 r The History of the English Cranmer, Thomas. 8 - 9 Parker, Archbishop Matthew . 11 language Bible Cromwell, Oliver . 15 Purvey, John . 4 - 5 r John Knox & The Scottish Cromwell, Thomas . 8 - 9 Rheims-Douai Bible. 12 Reformation Elizabeth I, Queen . 11 Rogers, John . 8 Geneva Bible . 10 - 11 Saint John’s Bible. 19 Coming in Fall 2016 Gilby, Anthony . 11 Tyndale, William . 6 r Congo: 125 Years of the Great Bible. 9 Wesley, John . 18 American Congo Presbyterian Henry VIII, King . 8 - 9 Whittingham, William. 11 Mission Hus, John (Jan) . 5 Wycliffe, John. 3 - 5 r Reformation 500 20 Source: Presbyterian Heritage Center 1 Preface A New Illuminated Manuscript Bible in the 21st Century Remaining true to our goal to be independent, Michael Morgan, Richard Ray, Kay Stockdale, The Saint John's Bible is the innovative and interactive, we are using many and others. first completely handwritten and different techniques to engage our onsite and Artifacts, archival documents, photos and hand-illuminated Bible to have online visitors. These techniques include films more were donated or lent for the History of been commissioned by a Benedic- playing on a large screen television, touch screen the English language Bible exhibit by many, tine Abbey since the invention of kiosks and this educational discussion guide. including: the moveable type printing press And sometimes, we use the low-tech approach, Michael Morgan in the West printed the Guten- such as displaying these rare Bibles to trace the The British Library berg Bible in 1455. A 15-year history of English-language translations and Saint John’s University project, the St. John’s Bible was influences over the centuries. The collection of the Presbyterian Heritage finished in 2011. This guide is intended to provide additional Center provided numerous Bibles from the Using the New Revision Stan- materials for the exhibit, while teaching compre- 18th through 20th centuries, as well as images, dard Version Catholic Edition of hension skills for young people. Among the skills woodcuts and other graphics. the Bible, The Saint John’s Bible are analytical, explanatory, research, writing, gen- A special thank you is offered to our is divided into seven volumes and eralization, reasoning, summarization and more. financial contributors in the past, in the is two feet tall by three feet wide I’d like to thank Michael Morgan, Lisa Harrold, present and the hopefully in the future.
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