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English Bible Translation



o   The first English Translation of the Bible we know of is by Bede, who finished his version of Gospels in 735.
o   Alfreic translated Genesis and parts of the Old Testament.
o   The first English translation from Greek rather than Latin was gifted by William Tyndale.
o   First completed printed English Bible was published in 1553 by Miles Coverdale in Zurich.
o   In 1960 The Geneva Bible by Protestant refugees.
o   Under chairmanship of Lancelot Andrews, teams of scholars produced in 1611 the Authorized Version of King James Version.

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