| Show SOME NAMES FOE TOR BIBLES They T ey Are So Called Because of Errors Wade de While Printing Them The Th Gutenberg Bible Is the earliest book printed from movable types says the Washington Post It Is in the Lat Latin in language and was printed by Guten Gutenberg Gutenberg Gutenberg berg at ht Mentz M in 1450 The Bug Bible Is so called from its ren psalm verse v verse 5 Afraid of ot bugs b by night It was Issued in 1551 1531 The Breeches Bible gets its queer name from its rendering of Genesis Hi iii verse 7 Making laking themselves breeches out o t of pf fig leaves f r The Place lace Makers akers Bible translates Matthew Matthev v i verse verne 9 as g follows Blessed are the Plane Place pl e Makers It was printed in hr 1551 1561 The Treacle Bible translates Jere Tere Jeremiah miah viii verse 22 2 thus Is there no treacle instead of balm in Gilead It Jt was issued In 1568 The Rosin same chapter r and verge vere ve e in Jeremiah h Is there no rosin losin In Gilead Issued ed in 1609 The He and She Bible renders Ruth ill Iii verse 15 thus She went w nt into the city The other 9 her has hag it He went wont into the city The Thumb Thu nb Bible gets its name from Its size being one inch square and half an inch thick It was issued in Ia 1670 The Vinegar Bible is so named be because because because j cause In the th e twentieth chapter of Luke the parable of the vineyard is trans translated translated translated I the Parable of the Vinegar Is 18 Issued Issued I sued in 1717 I The Printers Bible is so called be 00 because because cause in Psalms the word print printer i ier er was used instead of the word princes The Th Murderers Bible translates In Jude chapter xvi the word murder murderers ers era Instead of ot o It was issued In 1801 The Caxton Memorial Bible was w Wholly printed and bound In T twelve hours but only copies copf s were fin finished finished This his was done in 18 1877 1871 i |
