Codex Vaticanus, Codex Sinaiticus, Ephraem Manuscript, Codex BezaeByzantine Text (Majority Text)Accounts ofr 94% of all known Greek manuscriptsMajority of extant copies are cursives written after A.D. 600Alexandrian Text (Oldest Manuscripts)Accounts for 4% of known Greek manuscriptsCharacteristics are … brevity and austerityOxyrhynchusExcavated by Egyptian Exploration society at the turn of the 20th CenturyOldest known Biblical papyrus, the John Rylands Fragment, was discovered here. It was dated to A.D. 130, within 50 years of the death of the apostle John.Western Text (Popular Text)Smallest percentage of Greek translationsMain characteristic is a love of paraphraseWilliam Tyndale - Tyndale Bible, A.D. 1525The Great Bible (A.D. 1537)Placed in every church in A.D. 1539The Geneva Bible (A.D. 1560)Uses Roman type. Contains much Protestant influence.King James Version (A.D 1611)Revised version (A.D. 1769)Revised Standard Version (A.D. 1870) - reflects findings from newly available manuscripts
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