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One of Green's major accomplishments as a printer was the Eliot Indian Bible, translated by the missionary John Eliot, typeset by James Printer, which became the first Bible to be printed in British America in 1663. [1] [2] [3] Members of his family who also became printers include his sons Bartholomew, Bartholomew Green Jr. and Joseph Dennie. [4]
In 1781 Aitken undertook to print the first complete English Bible produced in America and sought the official sanction of Congress for his edition. Congress passed a resolution officially authorizing the edition in September 1782. Known as the “Aitken Bible,” this was the first and only edition of the Bible ever authorized by Congress.
The 1537 folio edition carried the royal licence and was therefore the first officially approved Bible translation in English. The Psalter from the Coverdale Bible was included in the Great Bible of 1540 and the Anglican Book of Common Prayer beginning in 1662, and in all editions of the U.S. Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer until 1979.
New Testament first page of 1685 copy Algonquian Bible 1709: John chapter 3 Algonquian Indian by John White, 1585. The Eliot Indian Bible ( Massachusett: Mamusse Wunneetupanatamwe Up-Biblum God ; [ 1 ] also known as the Algonquian Bible ) was the first translation of the Christian Bible into an indigenous American language , as well as the ...
American Bible Society's first headquarters were on Nassau Street in Lower Manhattan. [4] The Bible House and offices of the Christian Herald, built 1853, seen here 1893, demolished 1956. American Bible Society used the King James Bible, and, starting in 1858, appointed committees to prevent textual corruption. [5]
The Tyndale Bible (TYN) generally refers to the body of biblical translations by William Tyndale into Early Modern English, made c. 1522–1535.Tyndale's biblical text is credited with being the first Anglophone Biblical translation to work directly from Hebrew and Greek texts, although it relied heavily upon the Latin Vulgate and Luther's German New Testament.
The Revised Version of 1885 and the American Standard Version of 1901 are among the Bible versions authorized to be used in services of the Episcopal Church and the Church of England. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The American Standard Version entered the public domain on January 1, 1957 upon expiration of its copyright.
The first modern, fully "red letter" bible was published in 1901. [2] The red letter bible instantly became popular, and is sometimes favored by Protestant Christians in the United States. The format has been cited as particularly useful in King James Version editions, which do not use quotation marks .