Bishops' Bible

American  

noun

1. an English translation of the Bible made under the direction of Matthew Parker and published in 1568: the recognized translation of the Bible in England until the Authorized (King James) Version of 1611.

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Etymology

Origin of Bishops' Bible

So called because a number of the scholars who worked on the translation were Anglican bishops

Example Sentences

The Bodleian has supplied the only surviving annotated copy of the earlier Bishops’ Bible, whose translation was used as a foundation for the King James.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2011

The Bishops' Bible was the default text, there were to be no marginal notes, and the translators were instructed to defer to "the ancient fathers", "the analogy of the faith" and the "old ecclesiastical words".

From The Guardian • Feb. 19, 2011

Its 47 translators based their work upon the Bishops' Bible.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Bishops' Bible, published in 1568 with a complimentary portrait of Queen Elizabeth and her favorite, Robert Dudley, represented a somewhat frantically covetous attempt by the British Clergy to counteract the popularity of this version.

From Time Magazine Archive

The instructions which they received from the king were, that they should adhere to the Bishops' Bible, which was then ordinarily read in the Churches, making as few deviations from it as possible.

From The Bible: what it is by Bradlaugh, Charles