1. BIBLE INTRO.

2.  “Bible” –  ___ books in OT; ___ books in NT  OT –  Law in the Hebrew Bible –  NT –  _____ - Most widely read book in the world  ___ of the world has a Christian Bible in their own language.  ___ of the world has a least one Bible in their own language.

3.  _____ - most widely translated book  Original language of OT –  Writing first developed in _____ as early as 5000 years ago.  Early writing – done on stone, clay, or papryrus –  _________ - first translators of the full Bible into English  _________ - published the first English Bible in 1526.  _________ - leader of the Reformation, published the first German Bible.  _________ - was published in 1611 by King James I of England – most printed Bible in the world.

4.  First Bible printed in America in _____ - missionary printed it for Native Americans.  First printed book on Colonial America in 1640 –  In ____ – first printed Bible written in English – Robert Aitken.