English Translations of the Bible by Underlying Text Type

Last Updated: 20 April, 2006

Note: There are so many different Bibles out today that it is difficult to list them all. As I obtain more information, I will update the list and categories. Please be patient. If a more extensive list is required immediately, there are other web sites that deal with this issue exclusively.

I would advise anyone to be very careful about using material provided by others. Like everything else out there involving the word of God, people don't seem to mind lying about it. Somehow they seem to think they will get away with it. The only solution for this is to do your own research and test and try the information. If someone lies about one thing, be assured they will lie about something else. When they lie about the Scripture, avoid them at all costs. Please remember, the Scripture is express: Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (I Thessalonians 5:21)

Paul W. Davis

Masoretic Hebrew Old Testament/Greek Received Text New Testament

This text is the text type of the churches that were never under the Roman Catholic Church. It is notable that the French Olivetian, Luther's German translation, the Waldensian Bibles, and the old Latin Vulgate (pre-Jerome) were all of this text type.

This is the text that Jerome developed for the early Catholic Church. This text stands in contrast to the Alexanderian texts which the early Catholic Church rejected. This text, although corrupt, is more accurate than the Alexandrian texts.

This text type began at the Catechical School at Alexandria, Egypt. This school is the school of Philo and Origen that wedded Biblical principles and Platonic philosophy.