Encyclopedia of English Language Bible Versions

This encyclopedia is the first book to identify, explain and categorize more than 1,400 versions of the English Bible. This includes 407 different Bibles, 53 Old Testaments, 407 New Testaments, more than 180 variants of the Authorized Version, 50 unfinished Bible versions and many others. It is an up-to-date and comprehensive reference work that includes internet versions along with print versions and offers details not found in other reference works. Scripture samples, bibliographic entries, translator lists, revision connections, variations of the texts, word substitutions and source texts are just some of the information found in this work. Biographical information about key translators is provided as well. Also unique to this work are difference tables which help differentiate among revisions of a particular Bible. An extensive index includes version titles, nicknames, abbreviations, translators, dates, source texts, and more.

Bradford B. Taliaferro is a Bible hunter, collector, reader and researcher. He lives in St. Joseph, Missouri.

Bradford B. Taliaferro
Format: softcover (7 x 10)
Pages: 556
Bibliographic Info: appendices, glossary, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2013
pISBN: 978-0-7864-7121-8
eISBN: 978-1-4766-0138-0
Imprint: McFarland

Table of Contents


Acknowledgments vi

List of Tables viii

Preface 1

Abbreviations 5

Glossary 8

The English Language Bible Versions 13

Translators, Revisers and Editors 261

Appendices:

  A: Tyndale New Testament Variants 381

  B: Geneva Bible Variants 388

  C: Douay/Rheims-Challoner Variants 389

  D: Authorised Version Variants 399

  E: Confusing Bible Names 411

  F: Unfinished Bible Versions 416

  G: Abandoned Bible Versions 423

  H: Notable Bible Portions 424

  I: Dialect and Slang Bible Portions 436

  J: Version Number Cross Reference Tables 444

Bibliography 473

Index 479

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