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OLD TESTAMENT WRITTEN
Approx. 1500-400 BC - written on stone, clay, and leather
NEW TESTAMENT WRITTEN
Approx. AD 45-100 -The oldest New Testament fragment (from John 18) that we have today was copied in Greek on a papyrus codex around AD 110-130.
BIBLE COPIED ON PAPYRUS
Scrolls of leather, and later of papyrus, were used to make copies of the Scriptures.
A papyrus codex is a bound volume made from sheets folded and sewn together, sometimes with a cover. There were used more than scrolls after AD 1-100.
BIBLE COPIED ON FINE ANIMAL SKINS
Fine quality animal skins from calves or antelope (vellum) and sheep or goats (parchment), were used for over 1000 years to make copies of the Bible approximately AD 300-1400.
Two of the oldest vellum copies (AD 325-350) that exist today are the Vatican Codex and the Sinaitic Codex.
BIBLE PRINTED BY PRINTING PRESS AFTER 1455
Wycliffe Bibles were inscribed by hand on vellum in the 1300s-1400s. Some copies took ten months to two years to produce and cost a year's wages. The Bible was the first book to be printed with Gutenberg's printing press in 1455.
THE BIBLE, GOD'S WORD TO THE WORLD
The Bible is now printed on paper in many versions and languages. It is also on tape recordings, compact discs, and computers.
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