"The Translation Story of the English Bible — From Earliest
Manuscripts to the King James Version and Beyond" by Helen Mathis

VIDEO REPLAY ON DEMAND. Two parts. Part 1 - 2hrs 27 min; Part 2 - 2hrs 6 min. Replay access is good for 1 year.

Description: From oral, to written, to edited, to canonized, to printed, to copies, to revised, to smuggled, to suppressed, to authorized – how did the English Bible get to be what it is today?  Who were the key players in the translation drama? What motivated them and what was sacrificed?  What were the religious, social and political ramifications for a new translation?  Beginning with the Greek Septuagint and New Testament writings, journey, via a slide show, through earliest manuscripts to the Latin Vulgate, to Erasmus’s Greek ‘textus receptus,’ through the Renaissance and Protestant Reformation, to Tyndale, and all the English translations building on his works, and examining how modern translators today make critical judgments about manuscripts and word choices.

Helen Mathis - After living with her family in Swaziland in southern Africa for nine years, Helen returned to the U.S. for graduate school where she earned her Master’s degree in Biblical Studies at the Pacific School of Religion in 1998. What an enriching experience it was studying the Bible among those training for the ministry while attending the nine seminaries belonging to the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA. After earning her degree, she spent four years as Director of the Foundation for Biblical Research in New Hampshire which provided workshops for lay people conducted by leading Bible scholars, as well as professional development opportunities for clergy and other church leaders.  Since then she has spent decades teaching the Bible to Christian Scientists throughout the country, including three years teaching the Bible and Christian history at Principia College. During that time she was also editor-in-chief for an ongoing Bible study curriculum series with the nonprofit, Bible Study Seminars