List of languages by year of first Bible translation
- List of languages by year of first Bible translation
The Bible has been translated into many languages. The Jewish Tanakh (similar to the Protestant Old Testament) was originally written in Hebrew, with the exception of some passages of Daniel, Ezra, and Jeremiah which are in Aramaic. The New Testament is widely agreed to have originally been written in Greek, although some scholars hypothesize that certain books (whether completely or partially) may have been written in Aramaic before being translated for widespread dissemination. One very famous example of this is the the opening to the Gospel of John, which is argued to be, perhaps, a Greek translation of an Aramaic hymn.
= Greek =
Partly: written in Greek
Completely: Old Testament - Septuagint, 3rd - 1st Century BC
Latin
Partly: end of 2nd Century
Completely: mid 3rd Century for Vetus Latina; around 407 for Jerome's Vulgate
= Armenian =
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= Coptic =
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Ethiopian
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= Gothic =
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Castilian
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= English =
Partly: 7th Century
Completely: Wyclif's Bible, ca 1380 to 1390
= German =
Partly:
Completely:
Slovenian
Partly: Primož Trubar, 1555
Completely: Jurij Dalmatin, 1584
Chinese
Partly: 1822
Completely: 1823
Azeri
Partly: 1842
Completely: 1891
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