were taken toward revision, and before many years
both a British and American Revision Committee, made up of many of the
leading British and American Biblical scholars, were at work. After
ten years of most conscientious and careful effort the Revised Version
of the New Testament appeared in 1881, and four years later, in 1885,
the Old Testament appeared--thus completing a translation on the basis
of the best manuscripts now known to the scholarly world.

#15.# The American Revision Committee, not as conservative as the
British in the retention of old terms, words and phrases, carefully
revised the Revised Version and issued in 1901 The American Standard
Revised Version--the best edition of the Bible in the English
language.

Test Questions

1. What are the three most prominent of the editions of the Bible in
English?

2. What are the two original languages of the Old Testament? The
original language of the New Testament?

3. What is a special characteristic of the Hebrew language?

4. What is meant by the Septuagint?

5. Who was the great translator of the Bible into Latin? By what
church was it officially adopted?

6. Into what language akin to Hebrew was the Bible translated, and
through the agency of what people?

7. What versions were mainly in use in the early Christian church?

8. Who gave us the first English Bible, and when?

9. Who first translated the Bible into English from the original Bible
languages?

10. Tell the story of Tyndale's version.

11. What other editions were prominent at about that time?

12. What gave Bible popularity a setback?

13. What Bibles were published during the reign of Queen Elizabeth?

14. In whose reign and by whom was the Authorized Version produced?

15. Why was a revision deemed necessary?

16. In what year did the Revised Version of the New Testament appear?
The Old Testament revision?

17. What body of men prepared the Revision?

18. Who prepared the American Standard Revised Version, and in general
how does it differ from the Revised Version?

The Gist of the Books

The Old Testament--The Pentateuch

#Genesis#

The book of beginnings--the creation; the fall of man; the
beginnings of the chosen people.

#Exodus#

The story of the _going out_ of the chosen people from Egypt
to Canaan, with an account of God's dealings with his people
in guiding them into national life.

#Leviticus#

Laws and