What language was the Old and New Testament written in?
How many languages has the Bible been translated into?
The Bible has been translated into many languages from the biblical languages of Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek. As of September 2020 the full Bible has been translated into 704 languages, the New Testament has been translated into an additional 1,551 languages and Bible portions or stories into 1,160 other languages.
What language was the oldest Bible written in?
Is the Bible written in Latin?
All the books of the New Testament were written originally in Greek. The Latin translation of the Bible written by St. Jerome, who was asked by Pope Damasus in 382 A.D. to bring order out of the proliferation of Old Latin versions which were in circulation.
How many languages is the Bible not translated into?
About 2,200 languages remain without a Bible. About 350 million people, mostly in India, China, sub-Saharan Africa and Papua New Guinea, speak only these languages.
Who is the first translator of Bible?
John Wycliffe is credited with producing the first complete translation of the Bible into English in the year 1382. In the centuries before this, many had translated large portions of the Bible into English. Parts of the Bible were first translated from the Latin Vulgate into Old English by a few monks and scholars.
How many languages was the Bible translated into before English?
Scholars generally recognize three languages as original biblical languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek.