I. =Name.= "H. B." _Biblia._ 39. 27. 66. II. =Orig.= "Hi. Crit." 1. _Ora._ St. so. po. pro. trad. 2. _Writ._ 1,600 y. 40 wri. "Works of authors." 3. _Work of scr._ B. C. 400. Text not uniform. III. =Lang.= 1. Heb. 2. Aram. IV. =Form.= 1. Writ. parch. 2. Use in syn. 3. Use in sch. V. =Ear. Ver.= 1. Tar. 2. Sept. 3. Vul. VI. =Mod. Ver.= 1. Wyc. 1382. 2. Tyn. 1525, 1530. 3. Gr. Bib. 1539. 4. Gen. Bib. 1560. 5. Bish. Bib. 1572. 6. Dou. Bib. 1582, 1610. 7. K. Jam. Ver. 1611. 8. Rev. Ver. 1881, 1885. 9. Am. Rev. Ver. 1901. Review Questions Review and answer again the questions on Sections I, II, III, IV of this lesson. What is meant by "versions"? How did versions of the Old Testament become necessary to the Jews? What were these versions called, and how did they arise? How were they preserved? What called forth the Septuagint Version? In what language was it? When was it prepared? What was the Jewish legend concerning it? How did the Vulgate arise? Who made it? Why did it receive that name? What did the Vulgate become? Repeat the names of the three most important early versions. Name the nine most important modern versions. Who was Wyclif? When did he live? When did his translation of the Bible appear? How was it circulated? What two events in modern times increased the desire for the Bible in the language of the people? What is said of Tyndale's version? What was the Great Bible? Who directed its preparation? Who edited it? When was it published? What was the Geneva Bible? Wherein did it differ from earlier Bibles? Give the facts concerning the Bishops' Bible--originator, translators, date, characteristics. What was the history of the Douai Bible? Where is that Bible used? Tell the facts about the Authorized Version. How did the Revised Version arise? How was it prepared? What new version has recently appeared, and how is it regarded? FOOTNOTES: [1] The chronology of the Bible is not a matter of the divine revelation, and scholars are not agreed with respect to the dates of early Scripture history. The system of chronology commonly found in reference Bibles is that of Archbishop Usher, who lived 1580-1656, long before the modern period of investigation in Bible lands. According to this chronology A'dam was created B. C. 4004, the flood took place B. C. 2348, and the call of A'bra-ham was B. C. 1928. But it is now an attested and recognized fact that kingdoms were established in the Eu-phra'tes valley and beside the Nile more than 4000 years before Christ. All of Usher's dates earlier than the captivity of the Jews in Bab'y-lon are now discarded by scholars. We give in these lessons no dates earlier than the call of A'bra-ham, which is doubtfully placed at B. C. 2280, and regard none as certain before B. C. 1000.