English Bible
Vernacular holy text
The English Bible refers to any translation of the Christian scriptures into English, from early versions like Wycliffe's to the King James Bible to modern translations.
The phrase often appears in historical or literary contexts discussing how biblical language shaped English prose and culture: The King James English Bible influenced generations of writers.
- archaic languageOutmoded forms of expression
- ProtestantismReformation-era Christian movement
- King James Version17th-century English scripture translation
- dynamic equivalenceTranslation preserving effect, not form
- Old TestamentPre-Christian biblical canon
New Testament · Catholicism · Anglicanism · literal translation · scripture reading · Sunday school · Puritanism · idiomatic expressions · Good Samaritan · prodigal son · daily bread · missionary work · paraphrase · hymnody · moral instruction · concordance · Book of Common Prayer · chapter and verse
- Bible TranslationsKing James Version, NIV, KJV, RSV, King James
English BibleQuran
Islam's central scripture
Torah · Tanakh · Bhagavad Gita · Vedas · Book of Mormon
English, Bible, England, Englishman, Englishwoman, biblical, biblically