New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-13

chief translator Of the Great Bible. which was
printed IN 1885. and which the first complete
In the preparation Of all these versions of the
Scriptures, except the Douai Bible the translators
were greatly assisted by the printed New Tesla
ment Of William Tyndale and the manuscript edt-
tlon or Wyc1e 1yndaies IesIaInehL Wa ts ~
from the Greek. II brought into England from
no indoation Of lis author or The date or scs Of
its publication. The book was printed at Worms
Despite the fact that the Testament was prohio-
tied by act Of Parliament large nuInoers OF Ill. Ilis
done that it has reflected a powerful infuenci on
succeeded it. Our English Testament" says Eli
cott after all its changes. revtsl0ns and remodel
version Of Tyndaie''
WycIiffes version which came before the age Of
dred times from his original manuscript. was trans
lated from the Latin yugate 1t was the hrst com
plete rendition Of the Scriptures into English we
fne finished his task in 12S2 Although sternly 1T
have found their way into the Bible of the present
were made before the Bible OF WycnIe Wee 1i res
mentary and crude. Many were merely InIer!lne4F
"T M ~ H 1s MS Hicb were en-
ployed by the revisers Of the King James version IN
4ftep n in metals or cspitai letters some Of them
were also used by scholars Of the King James Con-
cIave and by Tyudale Among these Unclal manu-
the British Museum the vatican in St Petersburg
and in Paris. The Codex Alexandrinus, in the
Constan inople as present Charles IN 1928 It's
ment except a couple OF verses from Matthew and
parts Of St. Johns Gospel and II Corinthians The
Ola Testament Is Almost CllieIe- II was plo
written in Alexandria in the fifth century and was
among the first used by Biblical scholars.
The manuscript in the Vatican dates back still
another century vet, despite its great age. il is
especially beautiful because OF the tneuess Of It's
vellum and the svnnerry OF - characters II con-
tains most Of the Old Testament and to Hebrews
TX, IA. or the New Testament II is thought 10 have
been written in Egypt and TO have been brought 10
IS corrected in many places by later hands This
valuable manuscript is Aarded Of first Importance
IN study Of the New Testament text Another
manuscript OF great value. known as the Cedex
SinaiticuS. which ts AZ - shurg contains al
of the New Testament the Epistle OF Barnabas and
much of the Old Testament II IS believed to be
OF the fifty manuscripts prepared for Emperor
II would at first seem strange that the oldest
manuscripts OF the Hebrew writer's or the New
Testament which have been preserved for the mod
ern translator are in Greek The explanations ad-
vanced by scholars are many some say II va, vas
who would be likely have the time for lab0rious-
" copying one manuscript from another Others
assert mar a 'h tbe dsbesion Of thes people de-
stroyed their monuments and memorials. The ma
tority of scholars also agree that these ancient
Greek manuscripts are not transla tons
The gospel Of Matthew" SAYS Rice. "as We now
have It reads Ike Greek original Certain pas
sages fr which IL agrees with Mark and Luke irdi-
cate that the writer used a Greek source How
If be that the Gospel was written IN Hebrew,
answer is not didicut Mathew a tax collector
would become familiar with Aramale and Greek
gospel ia Aramalc Then the Heilenistic Jews
would desire it in Greek and he probably wrote II
ished and the Greek alone has been preserysd
Contrary tow hal one might hrst expect the Hebrew
nnanuscripts OF the Old Testament which have sur
viyed are far more modern than the Greek texts.
No complete Hebrew manuscript Of the Old Testa-
THE Nrsr attempt OF the Hebrews write down
their rabbinical teachings was in the period De
ttvity In this work Ezra took prominent part.
and he is therefore called second Moses. De was