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Battles over The Bible (in English)

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Introduction:
"You don't have to be either a Christian or a theologian to do this quiz, because it's about translators and their work, not about the Bible itself. Have fun."


1. People have been translating bits and pieces of the Bible into English for centuries. Many of the early English translations were not full translations, but glosses. What's a gloss?
    An individual book of the Bible
    An explanatory note in the margin
    A paraphrase of the Pentateuch
    A paraphrase of Jesus' parables


2. Partial translations into Old English were also available in the period before the Norman conquest. One English king had a number of passages translated into the vernacular and circulated, around the year 900. Who was it?
    Alfred
    Eadred
    Edward
    Eanflaed


3. The first complete translation of the Bible into English was accomplished by John Wycliffe (or Wyclif - spelling varies). When?
    1380s
    1360s
    1370s
    1390s


4. The Latin Vulgate was the official translation for use in the Church, but in the 1490s its accuracy came into question when an Oxford professor read the four gospels in the original Greek. Who was he?
    Thomas Linacre
    Thomas Wolsey
    John Colet
    Thomas More


5. In 1516, this renowned theologian and scholar published a Greek-Latin Parallel New Testament which served to focus attention on just how inaccurate the Latin of the Vulgate was. Who was he?
    John Froben
    John Colet
    Desiderius Erasmus
    Thomas Cranmer


6. This man holds the distinction of being the first to ever have his translation of the New Testament in English roll off the printing press.
    Thomas More
    Thomas Cromwell
    Thomas Cranmer
    William Tyndale


7. With the establishment of the breakaway-from-Rome Church of England, King Henry VIII authorized an English translation of the Bible for use in churches. Who was the translator commissioned for this work?
    Thomas Wyatt the Elder
    Thomas Cranmer
    Miles Coverdale
    William Tyndale


8. An English translation of the Bible was completed in Geneva in 1557, and got its nickname from the odd description it gave of the clothing fashioned for themselves by Adam and Eve.
    The Figleaf Bible
    The Kilts Bible
    The Doublet Bible
    The Breeches Bible


9. By the 1580s, the Roman Catholic Church ceded its authority over scripture and decided that if there were to be bibles in English, there would be an authorized Roman Catholic version in English, too. Where was this version produced?
    France
    Spain
    England
    Italy


10. The final round in the Battle of the Bibles was fired in 1605, when King James I of England and VI of Scotland authorized a new translation. Who wrote this translation?
    The Bishops of the Church of England
    The Divinity Professors of Cambridge
    The Divinity Professors of Oxford
    Six different committees


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