BIBLES

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Reference gathers a breadth of Bibles in English versions, and original languages, and other foreign translations in keeping with the seminary's user-needs.  

Each edition of the Bible held in Reference is listed separately and also grouped below according to the range of call numbers for each version as useful for:

    exegesis & sermon preparation

    historical EDITIONS

    comparative translations    

    general reading, respectively.

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ENGLISH

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The essential guide to Bible versions / Philip W. Comfort. Wheaton, Ill. : Tyndale House Publishers, c2000.
REF BS445 .C65 2000

The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, published in 1526 : being the first translation from the Greek into English, by that eminent scholar and martyr, William Tyndale. Reprinted verbatim, with a memoir of his life and writings by George Offor. Together with the proceedings and correspondence of Henry VIII, Sir T. More, and Lord Cromwell. London : S. Bagster, 1836.
REF BS140 1995
New Revised Standard Version  REF BS191.2 to BS 191.5
Revised Standard Version  REF BS191  
New English Bible REF BS192
New Jerusalem Bible REF BS195 .J4
New International Version  REF BS195 .N37
Old Testament--mixed versions REF BS 892 TO 895
New Testament--mixed versions REF BS 2025 to 2261
Apocrypha REF BS 1692

HEBREW (see Texts & Versions)

Hebrew Bibles REF BS715 to BS895

SEPTUAGINT (see Texts & Versions)

Old Testament in Greek (LXX)  REF BS3.5 and  BS41 (interlinear)  and  BS741

GREEK  (see Texts & Versions)

New Testament in Greek  REF BS64 and BS1965

LATIN  (see Texts & Versions)

Vulgate REF BS75

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Historical

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The essential guide to Bible versions / Philip W. Comfort. Wheaton, Ill. : Tyndale House Publishers, c2000.
REF BS445 .C65 2000

Wyclif  Bible REF BS 135.5
Tyndale Bible REF BS 140
Geneva Bible REF BS 170
King James Versions (Authorized) REF BS 185

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Comparative Translations & Foreign Language

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 Eight Translation New Testament [English] REF BS2025 1985 .T96
 Dutch REF BS 224
Czech REF BS 220
French REF BS 230
German REF BS 238
Hungarian REF BS 245
Croatian REF BS 290
Spanish REF BS 299
Chinese REF BS 315
Korean REF BS 315

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General Reading & Modern Versions

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The essential guide to Bible versions / Philip W. Comfort. Wheaton, Ill. : Tyndale House Publishers, c2000.
REF BS445 .C65 2000

Revised Standard Version  REF BS 191
New Revised Standard Version  REF BS 191.2 + 191.5
New English Bible REF BS 192
New American Bible REF BS 192.3
Catholic Bible REF BS 192.3
Jerusalem Bible REF BS 195 .J4 1990
New International Version REF BS 195 .N37
Jewish Publication Society REF BS895 .J4 + BS1223 1963 + BS715 1955 .H6
Today's English Version REF BS195 .T63
Contemporary English Version REF BS195 .C66 1999 The African American Jubilee Edition
 Eight Translation New Testament [English] REF BS2025 1985 .T96
Other Versions REF BS 196-197
Tyndale's New Testament. REF BS140 1995

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 The Holy Bible / as printed by Robert Aitken and approved & recommended by the Congress of the United States of America in 1782. New York : Arno Press, 1968.  
REF BS185 1782 N48

 

The Holy Bible : an exact reprint in roman type, page for page of the authorized version published in the year 1611 / with an introduction by Alfred W. Pollard. Oxford : University Press ; New York, 1911.  
REF BS185 1611 O8
 The Holy Bible / as printed by Robert Aitken and approved & recommended by the Congress of the United States of America in 1782. New York : Arno Press, 1968.  
REF BS185 1782P512
 
 The Old and New Testaments : being the English version of the Polyglott Bible ; interpaged with the Biblical concordance entitled "Scripture harmony". London : printed for Samuel Bagster, 1810.  
REF BS185 1810 L6
 
 The Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments, in the common version ; with amendments of the language / by Noah Webster. New Haven : Durrie & Peck, 1833.  
REF BS185 1833 C6
 
 The Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments : translated out of the original tongues, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised by the command of King James I : arranged in paragraphs and parallelisms, with philosophical and explanatory annotations / by T. W. Coit. Cambridge : Manson and Grant ; Boston : William Peirce, 1834.  
REF BS185 1834 B6
 
 The Holy Bible, containing the authorized version of the Old and New Testaments : with twenty thousand emendations / [edited by J. T. Conquest]. London : Longman, Brown and Co., 1843.  
REF BS185 1843 L66
 
 The Emphatic New Testament : according to the Authorized version, with the various readings, in English, of the Vatican manuscript, "Ille celebratissimus atque vetustissimus noster B" of Griesbach / by John Taylor. London : S. Bagster, 1854.  
REF BS185 1854 L6 
 
The Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments according to the authorized version with the marginal references and the usual various readings, also notes, reflections, questions ... / by Ingram Cobbin ; illustrated with numerous descriptive engravings. Hartford, CT : Case, Lockwood, 1866.  
REF BS185 1866 H3 
 
 The Annotated paragraph Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments, according to the Authorized version arranged in paragraphs and parallelisms with explanatory notes, prefaces to the several books, and an entirely new selection of references to parallel and illustrative passages. London : The Religious tract society, 1867.  
REF BS185 1867 L6 
 
 The annotated paragraph Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments according to the authorized version, arranged in paragraphs and parallelisms, with explanatory notes, prefaces to the several books, and an entirely new selection of references to parallel and illustrative passages. New York : Sheldon & Co., [1868?]  
REF BS185 1868 N4 
 
 The Large-print paragraph Bible in separate books. London : S. Bagster, [189-?]  
REF BS185 1890 L6 
 
 The New chain-reference Bible : containing Thompson's original and complete system of Bible study, including chain references, text cyclopedia, analyses of books, outline studies of characters, and unique charts, to which has been added a new and valuable series of pictorial maps together with other features : self pronouncing text / compiled and edited by Frank Charles Thompson. Indianapolis, Ind. : Kirkbride Bible Co., c1934  
REF BS185 1934 I5
 
 The New analytical Bible and dictionary of the Bible : Authorized version : with the addition in many instances,in brackets, of the more correct renderings of the American revised version, copyright 1929 by the International council of religious education, and used by permission. Chicago : John A. Dickson publishing company, c1938  
REF BS185 1938 C52
A system of helps comprising textual revision, a dictionary of the Bible, introductions to each book, a chart outline of each book of the Bible, analysis of the entire Bible, treatment of the outstanding facts of each book, contemporaneous history, a specially arranged harmony of the Gospels, the teachings of Jesus in alphabetical order, a comprehensive index of all the subjects, of all the helps, and many other features of exceptional character and excellence to facilitate the study and better understanding of the Scriptures.
 
 The Westminster study edition of the Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments in the authorized (King James) version . Philadelphia : Westminster Press, c1948.  
REF BS185 1948 P5

 

 The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ : King James version with pictures. New York : American Bible Society, [c1961]  
REF BS185 1961 N4

 

 
 The Holy Bible : The Authorized or King James version of 1611 now reprinted with the Apocrypha. London : Nonesuch Press ; New York : Random House, 1963.
REF BS185 1963 L6
 
 Includes reproductions of 105 of the sixteenth-century woodcuts of Bernard Salomon

 

Bridges, Ronald. The Bible word book : concerning obsolete or archaic words in the King James Version of the Bible / by Ronald Bridges and Luther A. Weigle. New York : Nelson, c1960
REF BS186 B7 

 

Elliott, Melvin E. The Language of the King James Bible : a glossary explaining its words and expressions / Melvin E. Elliott. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1967.      
REF BS186 E4

 

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