P009 CONTENTS.

P009 CONTENTS.

Page I. Preliminary:—

1. Early Christianity in Britain 11 2. Principal versions of the Scriptures previous to the first printed English Testament 11 3. Facilities for studying Hebrew and Greek 13 4. Means of learning scriptural truth 15 II. Early Paraphrases and Versions 17 III. Wycliffe’s Bible 19 IV. An Interval of Nearly a Century and a Half 21 V. Tyndale’s Translations; especially his New Testament. 24 VI. Coverdale’s Bible 28 VII. Matthew’s Bible 31 VIII. Taverner’s Bible 34 IX. The Great Bible:—

1. The Edition of 1539 35 2. The Subsequent Editions 37 X. WHITTINGHAM’S NEW TESTAMENT 40 XI The Genevan Bible 42 XII. The Bishops’ Bible 44 XIII. The Rheims and Douay Version 46 XIV. The Authorized Version 48 XV. The Proposed Revision 58