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Nestorian Christianity from Syria arrives in Sian, China.
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translated parts of the Ten Commandments and Psalms into English
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Aldhelm translates the Psalms into Anglo-Saxon
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The Septuagint translation, which was from Hebrews to Greek, is the earliest known translation. It was translated because Greek was the most common language at that time.
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Bishr Ibn Al Sirri translates parts of the new testement into Arabic.
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Francysk Skaryna translates the bible into Old Belarusian
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Martin Luther translates the bible for the use of the German peoples
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John Rogers (ca. 1500-1555), a friend of Tyndale published a translation of Bible in 1537 that was heavily dependent on the work of Tyndale.
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The Geneva Bible was the first translation that was done by a group of people, it was the first to use itialics, and notes in the maragin. This version influenced the King James Version, and became known as one of the first study Bibles.
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The King James Version was made because the England churches wanted one translation to be read throughout the masses. This version is still very popular today.
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The father of Methodism, made a revision to the King James New Testament that updated the language of the text based on his reading in the Greek New Testament
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The Oxford edition of 1769 became the standard version of the King James. It updated the spelling and some of the wording of the King James Bible, but was still essentially the same translation.
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The Noah Webster’s Translation was made by the people just after his famous Dictionary of the English Language. Webster wanted to make the Bible available to people in their native language.
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The American Standard Version is another translation that is still popular today. This version included American Scholar's readings that weren't in any previous translation.
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The Jewish Publication Society of America (JPS) published the first English translation of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) by a committee of Jewish scholars.
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