• Codex Vaticanus, Codex Sinaiticus, Ephraem Manuscript, Codex Bezae
  • Byzantine Text (Majority Text)
    • Accounts ofr 94% of all known Greek manuscripts
    • Majority of extant copies are cursives written after A.D. 600
  • Alexandrian Text (Oldest Manuscripts)
    • Accounts for 4% of known Greek manuscripts
    • Characteristics are … brevity and austerity
  • Oxyrhynchus
    • Excavated by Egyptian Exploration society at the turn of the 20th Century
    • Oldest 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 translations
    • Main characteristic is a love of paraphrase
  • William Tyndale - Tyndale Bible, A.D. 1525
  • The Great Bible (A.D. 1537)
    • Placed in every church in A.D. 1539
  • The 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