Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Listing of New Translations of the English Bible in the United States, 1808-1880

 The following useful table comes from:


Paul C. Gutjahr, An American Bible: A History of the Good Book in the United States, 1777-1880 (Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1999), 193-94:

 

Year

Translator

Denomination

Scripture

1808

Charles Thomson

Non-aligned

Bible

1815

Charles Thomson

Non-aligned

Gospels

1823

Abner Kneeland

Universalist

N.T.

1826

Alexander Campbell

Baptist/Disciple

N.T.

1827

George R. Noyes

Unitarian

Job

1828

John Gorham Palfrey

Unitarian

N.T.

1830

Egbert Benson

 

Epistles

1833

Noah Webster

Episcopal

Bible

1833

Rodolphus Dickinson

Episcopal

N.T.

1833-37

George R. Noyes

Unitarian

Prophets

1842

A.C. Kendrick

Baptist

Bible

1845

Isaac Leeser

Jewish

O.T.

1848

Jonathan Morgan

Universalist

N.T.

1849

Nathan Whiting

Adventist

N.T.

1849

Francis Patrick Kenrick

Catholic

Gospels

1850

Spencer Cone & Wm. Wyckoff

Baptist

N.T.

1851

James Murdock

Congregational

N.T.

1851

Francis Patrick Kenrick

Catholic

Acts, Epistles, Apocalypse

1852

Hezekiah Woodruff

 

N.T.

1855

Andrews Norton

Unitarian

Gospels

1857

Francis Patrick Kenrick

Catholic

Psalms, Wisdom Lit.

1858

Leicester Sawyer

Presbyterian

N.T.

1859

Francis Patrick Kenrick

Catholic

Job, Prophets

1860

Francis Patrick Kenrick

Catholic

Pentateuch, Historical books

1861

Leicester Sawyer

Presbyterian

Prophets

1861

Leonard Thorn

 

N.T.

1862-64

American Bible Union

Baptist et al.

Partial N.T.

1864

Leicester Sawyer

Presbyterian

Daniel, Apocrypha

1864

H.T. Anderson

Disciple of Christ

N.T.

1865

Benjamin Wilson

 

N.T.

1867

Joseph Smith Jr.

Mormon

Bible

1868

George R. Noyes

Unitarian

N.T.

1869

Nathaniel S. Folsom

Unitarian

Gospels

1876

Julia E. Smith

 

Bible

1878

John B. Rotherham

Wesleyan/Baptist/Disciple of Christ

N.T.

 


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