, 1870-07-10
THE ENGLISH BIBLE,

AAG AA4HVE1LN0 tGEN4UNs
From On -1,tic1e IN tie London Quarterly Rfeiu.
Soon after the accession Of Iarnes I. 10 tho |
throne, conference Of tho leading clergy
y for the determining OF things pretending to
be amiss in the Chnrch;~ and il was there
agreed. on the suggestion apparently Of Dr..
Reynolds, President Of Corpus Christi COL
lege, Oxford, that new version Of the E1ble
should DO prepared, under tho supervision Of
Mns' after ho due nrc1s,ss i1nan,fy On ts ths
chnsrh and the heads of the two universities.
wnA advised 10 nominate hfty-four or the first
scholars Of the kingdom to tho work. The
list was completed, and ratified OH June 80,
made without regard TO eect Or party. and
solely on the ground Of eminent qualifications.
The higher Church party had their rcp1eseu:a-
ti,es u l. Ana1ews, Ea1lowe, aud Aavis:
those Of more moderate views, and eeu,i-
Puritan tendency, had thei1s In REYNOLDS,
chadexton (or chatterton), and 1isely:
were represented By such men Is Saville, de-
sarsyia and Bedweli. Canon Wesscott's este
mate Of the etad Of reEisera is Just: "Of
theee scholars" he says, "many {as Andrews,
Overall, Saville, and 1tesnolda) havo obsainel
an enduring reputation apart from this COM
mon work in which they, we're associated.
distinguished for epecial requirements re-
quisite for thoir task Lively, Spald1ng,
Ring. and Dyng wero successfully professcrs
Of Hebrew At Cambridge, and Harding and
Kilbye Al Oxford, Harmer and Perm we're
Professors OF Greek At Oxford, aud Downcs a
| cd Arabic scholar OF the time. Sararia was an
accomplished modern liEguist. Thompson
! fCamb.). Chattcrtou, Smith, md Eoys were
! equally distinguished for their knowledge Of
ancient languages.s Tie competency Of such
men 70. the work assigned to them no sholar
! viii qucation. Had the critical apparatus We
nov possess been in their hands, 20 ~ to en-
G1cck text, and to apply it to its elucidation
| OF grammar and philoloer, ere they proceeded
| to Tevise the English, wc shoull have Inherit
1 cd from them version which probably never
| could have been surpassed. In addition TO
| scholarship, they had the Indispensable quail
of the r,cred writer's. They vero not more
| emiuent for learning than for piety.
Before commencing their labors, they re-
| ceiyed code Of instructions, In substance as
| follows: l. Tho Bishops BitIe to form the
basie. and to be As little altered az the origi-
be retained as near ns possible. 3. Tho old
ecclesiastical words, such as church (utteaa Of
congrpydton) to be kept 1. When word
had different meanings. that was 10 be kep'
which best accorded NTH the uso OF tho faith
ers. the propriets Of the place, and the AnalosS
main. 6. No marginal notes to be affixed, e1'
cept for the explanation Of Hebrew and Greeh
words. g. Every man OF each company frst
to translate or revise MI given to that com
panr: then the company to meet and decide
what should stand. 9. Each section thus re-
yised to be sen, to csch Of the other compa'
nica for examination 10. Ans COMPANY. upor
examination Of the eectiun 20 cent. objectlne
to words or Phrases, to note them and sent
them back, With their reasons for ohjec.ins
II not accepted, the disputed passages to b
reserved for general meeting of the leading
obsculity is doubted Of, men Of knowa leas.
ing, wherever found, to be consulted. y
l,ishops and clergy TO be informed OF the pro
posed work, and alt such persons ~ nre note
Tor learning to be requested to foETaf
The following trsnrlations to be used: whe
they agree better with the origus1 sha
the Bishops Male.:. l. IynlAe's; ;:
Matthew'S; 3, Coyertisle's; i. Thitchurrh'
(The Great Bihse); S. The Geuevas
Oftho hfsy.four scholars originally nonln;
ted, only fotty-sevea undertook the sasi
They were divided into six clksses, and ~el
appointed to stt-two classes At Wcstainste
two At Oxford, and two 1t Cambridge. II
Presidents. clAsses. and arrangements Of bool
were - follows: %estminstor-l. Dr.. Lane
4tAu "a FpESkA4A1leAtAf 24t&A ~ "a
snccessively Bishop Of Chichester, Ely, n
winchester, profound linguist. To this con
pAny, ten IN number, vera assigned the boc
q Genesis 20 Kings. 2. Dr.. "illia:
ba1lowe, Dean of Chester, Atts
xds Bsh9P 81 hosnsster nhsea ,na saa, ~
, ! al. and revised Romans to Jude 01fo1-d
I Dr. John Harding, Higgins Professor Of Il
brew, Afterwards President Of M4gdalen c<
; leee. This company consisted Of seven me
! and revised Isaiah to Malachi ?. Dr.. Thon
I 1,ayi.. Dean Of ChTiet Church, afterwards St
raRiTely Bishop Of Gloucester and Londo
! rffkh company were Dr. Pesyu. Professor
) ateck. DR.. Hstuer, e1-Prufessot, and five os
2 eIs. Toit we're assigned Matthew % Ac
( md the Book OF Revelation. Cambridge
Ed.sta nyss l. hsgus N & Professor sisae Of nsets :,
. en- by Dr.. T. Spaulding, WHO succeeded Msa
a the Profeseo1ship. To this company, eight
j member, were assigned Chronicles to !
q cacaiAetee. 2 Dr.. John Dupost, MAater
. Jesus College. In this company VAC t
o celebrated scholar John Boys. or Boia, :
+ five others TO it Was assigned the Apo1ypl
'e When the WORK had begun it WA fou
'e neeessa1y 70 add Al additional rule, TO the
It feet that three OF four Of the most sncae
IS and grave divines in either Of the 1nivst
II tics, not omployed IN 1snslat1ng, be ass,s1
4 ts the Vice Chancellor. upon conference II
q. the rest Of tho heads, to be ovezsaaxs Of I
!
Of the better observation OF tho fourth rul
1 All the Arrangements were completed
i'll | 1904. md many OF those nominated app
y 10 have en1ered Immediately upon their
be ttes with p1aisewo.thy asdor; but the chs
" were not called together, and the fort
60 work Of TRANSLATION aud rerlsion WAS not CO
It's menced till 1901. and it Was not compile
ng Til 1910. In the Inter year thrae cupitz
lis the entire Scriptures, revised by each cls
NJ we're sent to Lonaon..-oue from Westn
ster, one from Oxford, and one from G.
ns bridge. Here committee Of six delegA
- two from each place where the cl2eses n
in reviewed, revised, and arranged the wi
wu materials. Among them we're Boss
re- DoHnes. whose publications for sueh 4 I
re- were pre-eminens. It appears that six otl
be were added TO the delegates, donbtsca.
led consult with and a4sist them; but I
~ namea are not known. They labored dn
90. nine months, meeting in Stationets Hall,
ted receiving for their support small weekly
ing sion. The manuscript, reyised and couapl
Nh by tkem, u1a handed TO Dr. Niles Smith.
bat aided by nason, Bishop, Of Winchester,
a Smith vas profound Oriental e<:ho!.s,
, IN discharged his duties With singular shi1sy>
waa commissioned to write the pre!1ce -!
ted has given us in it, after bho<t haes3y -
as fence Of former veSsions, eet5 9h;s' III
uhnIe vork xxs conducted. and tho time
- nsinn expended Quit Unfortunately, uhllt
~ fuisorne deiieatiou to King James Is feta
80 :. IN mr. Mb1ca, this important psefacn is
7 to orally omitted. Though somewhat quaint
CIV PedAnse ~ si.a e-s1 a.e ~ - 7,
wae IniWnAuun1 49, A.oe Stee- as1s ~ ~
Or it ttt pecuu1aaes y! o1 ,Stsiou- ~ AZ aeoY
5y = eaou VIA published in ona large b1Ackl
;hen folio, ~ inprinted at Loudos BY koout
be- Eer." -...--.,
.sdy A ths manner IN which It VIVA prepare