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4. A History of Modern English Bible Translations


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A history of the beginning of modern english Bible versions from the 19th century to today. A look at the critical apparatuses that came out regarding the Textus Receptus / Received Text / Traditional Text, and then the Critical Text editions that came out following. The Revised Version of 1881 was supposed to be based upon the Received Text and simply update some archaic words in the Authorized King James Version, but with a vow of secrecy they instead chose to use Westcott and Hort's Critical Greek Text based upon the corrupt Codex Vaticanus and Codex Sinaiticus. John Burgon and others opposed the switching of the texts and produced scholarly research works regarding the purity of the Traditional Text and the depravity of the newly found texts.
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