Exhibition Of Historic Bibles commemorating the 500th anniversary of Tyndale's New Testament translation into English

The collection is being displayed to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Tyndale’s Bible. The exhibition starts with a simple explanation of ancient writing (Hebrew and Greek) and how these have evolved. It shows how the Old Testament Jewish scriptures were written and preserved, including a photocopy of the Isaiah scroll found in 1947 in caves near the Dead Sea, hidden for nearly 2000 years.
The Leningrad Codex, dated AD 1008, is one of the earliest Hebrew Old Testament Jewish Bibles still preserved today. A facsimile of this is displayed.
William Tyndale was the first to translate the New Testament from the original Greek into English. A copy of his small pocket Bible of 1526 will be displayed. There are three copies of the Geneva Bible, the earliest dating from 1560 - the first English Bible that was generally available for purchase. The next-oldest Bible is a Rheims Bible from 1582. The earliest King James Bible we have commemorates the 14th year of Charles 1st.
Many other editions in the collection will be on display, ranging from miniature Bibles, Queen Mary’s Bible, Active Service Bible & foreign editions.
Free literature available that tells the story of the Bible with guides to reading it.
Activities: Short talks about the Bibles. Children’s activities - a quiz, children’s Bible books & games.
Friday 18 Sept 7.30pm – “God’s Outlaw” video about Tyndale’s work in translating the Bible into English
Free refreshments will also be available throughout

Timings

Friday 18 September:

10:00-19:00 exhibition followed by 'God's Outlaw' Film @ 19:30

Saturday 19 September:

10:00-18:00

Location & directions

Christadelphian Hall, The Street, Bramerton, Norwich, Norfolk, NR14 7DW

Directions:

If driving from Norwich on A146 turn left at the traffic lights at the junction with B1331 onto the road signposted Kirby Bedon and Bramerton. After 3 miles, the road bends sharply right into Bramerton village, and the Christdelphian Hall is immediately seen on the right-hand side.

Contact on day:

Mr Duncan J Southgate

Telephone number:

+447447300484

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking not required

Accessibility details

The gravel car park is limited to about 25 cars and there is one disabled parking space next to the paved access to the hall. Dogs can be left on a leash in the garden area.

Additional information

This exhibition was originally created to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, but has been extended to include copies of much older manuscripts of Jewish scriptures, information about early writing & earlier English translations right up to the latest modern English and foreign language versions. This year it has an additional focus on William Tyndale who first translated the New Testament of the Bible into English and gave his life to that end as he was burnt at the stake as an heretic who had said "I will cause a plough boy to know more of the scriptures than the Pope".

Max number of people:

25

Estimated duration:

1 hour(s)

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