Bible Facts and History

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · May 9, 1911

Of the various early English versions that of Tyndale stands pre-eminent, and Tyndale was greatly influenced by Luther's translation.

In 1877 100 Bibles were printed at Oxford and finely bound in London within 12 hours from the time the work was begun in Oxford.

No work has had such influence upon the common law of all nations as has the Pentateuch.

The Bible in whole or in part has been printed in nearly 500 languages and dialects.

The first Bible printed in America was Eliot's Indian Bible, in the years 1661-63.

John Quincy Adams made it a practice to read the Bible through once a year.