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During the Dutch period (1638-1796), the first Bible translations into Sinhala language were produced. Simon Kat and Wilhelmus Conijn translated the Gospels and the Catechism. Their translations appeared in print after the printing press was established in Colombo in 1734. Henricus Philipsz translated several Old Testament books between 1783 ...
The Digital Bible Library lists over 240 different contributors. [1] According to Wycliffe Bible Translators, in September 2024, speakers of 3,765 languages had access to at least a book of the Bible, including 1,274 languages with a book or more, 1,726 languages with access to the New Testament in their native language and 756 the full Bible ...
Most Protestant Bibles include the Hebrew Bible's 24 books (the protocanonical books) divided differently (into 39 books) and the 27-book New Testament for a total of 66 books. Some denominations (e.g. Anglicanism) also include the 14 books of the biblical apocrypha between the Old Testament and the New Testament, for a total of 80 books.
The Library of Latin Texts (LLT) is a subscription-based database of Latin texts, from antiquity up to the present day. Started in 1991 as the Cetedoc Library of Christian Latin Texts (CLCLT), it continues to be developed by the Centre ‘Traditio Litterarum Occidentalium’ and is hosted by Brepols Publishers .
Sometimes called the "Medieval Popular Bible", it draws on the Bible and other sources, including the works of classical scholars and the Fathers of the Church, to present an overview of sacred history. [1] [2] The Historia scholastica quickly became a school text, a required part of the curriculum at both Paris and Oxford. [3]
The manuscript is a codex (precursor to the modern book format), containing the text of the four Gospels written on 230 folios (660 pages) made of vellum (sized 35.5cm x 26cm). [1] [2] Similar formats are to be found with other Latin New Testament codices Vercellensis (a), Veronensis (b), Brixianus (f) Vindobonensis (i), and Purpureus ...
Richard Taverner (1505 – 14 July 1575) was an English author and religious reformer.. He is best known for his Bible translation, commonly known as Taverner's Bible, but originally titled The Most Sacred Bible whiche is the holy scripture, conteyning the old and new testament, translated into English, and newly recognised with great diligence after most faythful exemplars by Rychard Taverner.
The Latin text of the codex is a representative of the Western text-type in its European/Italian recension. [6] The codex is one of the principal witnesses to the Old Latin Text-Type I along with manuscripts Codex Corbeiensis II (VL8) and Codex Vindobonensis (VL17), although in John 1:1-10:13 it has a slightly earlier type of the Old Latin text.