The Twenty-four-Book Division of the Hebrew Old Testament 31
The Thirty-nine-Book Division of the English Old Testament (as derived from LXX and Vulgate) 34
The Books of the New Testament 36
The Semitic Family of Languages 40
The Indo-European Family of Languages 47
The Hebrew Alphabet 55
The Greek Alphabet 59
Table of Books of the Apocrypha 75
The Standard Collection of the Pseudepigrapha 81
The Chief Extant Manuscripts of the Hebrew Old Testament 91
Books in the Septuagint Version Today 106
The Form of Origen’s Hexapla 109
Some Important Uncial Manuscripts of the Greek New Testament 141
The Three Lines of Evidence for the Text of the New Testament 156
Families of Manuscripts, Versions, and Fathers 159
Taken from Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament by Bruce M. Metzger, copyright 1971 by the United Bible Societies. Used with the author’s permission.
Ancient Manuscripts Fourth to Seventh Century 164
Specimens of the English Translation of the Bible 224-25
Weymouth: From Weymouth’s New Testament in Modern Speech by Richard Francis Weymouth. By special arrangement with James Clarke & Company Ltd. Reprinted by permission of Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.
Moffat: From The Bible: A New Translation by James Moffat. Copyright 1935 by Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. Reprinted by permission.
Knox: From The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ: A New Translation by Ronald A. Knox Copyright 1944.
Revised Standard Version: From the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyrighted 1946, 1952 © 1971, 1973.
Jerusalem Bible: From The Jerusalem Bible, copyright © 1966 by Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd. and Doubleday & Company, Inc. Used by permission of the publisher.
Good News Bible: From the Good News Bible, the Bible in Today’s English Version. Copyright © American Bible Society, 1976.
New English Bible: From The New English Bible. © The Delegates of the Oxford University Press and The Syndics of the Cambridge University Press 1961, 1970. Reprinted by permission.
New American Standard Bible: From the New American Standard Bible. © The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977.
Living Bible: From The Living Bible, copyright 1971 by Tyndale House Publishers, Wheaton, III. Used by permission.
New International Version: Taken from the Holy Bible: New International Version © 1978 by the New York International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.
The New King James Version: From The New King James Version. Copyright © 1979, 1980, 1982, Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers.
Bevisions of the Authorized Version 227
The Greek Texts Behind Modern Translations 248
Twentieth-century English Translations 250-51
William Tyndale 187
Courtesy of British Museum
Title Page of the Great Bible 192
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James I 199
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Title Page of 1611 Authorized Version 201
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Philip Schaff 206
Courtesy of Union Theological Seminary
James Moffatt 215
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Edgar Goodspeed 218
Courtesy of the University of Chicago
Canon J. B. Phillips 221
Courtesy of Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.
RSV Committee 231
Courtesy of Bruce M. Metzger
Kenneth Taylor
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Page from the Good News Bible 243
Illustration with the accompanying tejct is from the Good News Bible, the Bible in Today’s English Version. © American Bible Society, 1976.
Edwin Palmer 247
Courtesy of New York International Bible Society
Modern Translations 254
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