Milestones in Bible History



from the Gutenberg Bible to the Lunar Bible







The Gutenberg Bible

1455

Utilizing a printing press to send
the Word of God across the Earth



The Lunar Bible

1971

Utilizing miniaturization to send
the Word of God to another world






A Historic Timeline




1455 Johannes Gutenberg produces the world's first printed Bibles

1492 Columbus's discovery leads to the first New World Bibles

1516 The first printing of the New Testament in Greek by Erasmus

1522 The first printing of the New Testament in German by Luther

1525 The first printing of the New Testament in English by Tyndale

1535 The first printing of a complete Bible in English by Coverdale

1539 "The Great Bible" becomes the first authorized for public use

1560 "The Geneva Bible" becomes the first Bible to number verses

1611 "The King James Bible" is printed in its landmark first edition

1663 "Eliot's Indian Bible" is the Western Hemisphere's first Bible

1782 "The Atkins Bible" is the first American English-language Bible

1881 "The English Revised Version" of the King James Bible appears

1971 "The First Lunar Bible" is the first Bible to land on another world





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