Bishops' Bible

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The Bishops' Bible was an English translation of the Bible produced under the authority of the Church of England in the 16th century and served as the principal Anglican Bible before being superseded by the King James Version.

Observed surface forms (3)


Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian Bible
English Bible translation
associatedWith Elizabethan religious settlement
authorizedBy Church of England
Elizabeth I of England
basedOn Geneva Bible
Great Bible
Tyndale Bible
surface form: Tyndale's Bible
category 16th-century books
Anglican liturgy
English Reformation literature
centuryOfOrigin 16th century
compiledBy Archbishop Matthew Parker
surface form: Matthew Parker

various Church of England bishops
contains Apocrypha (in early editions)
surface form: Apocrypha

New Testament
Bible
surface form: Old Testament
countryOfOrigin England
dateOfPublication 1568
denomination Church of England
editor Archbishop Matthew Parker
surface form: Matthew Parker
firstPublished 1568
genre Bible translation
religious text
historicalPeriod English Reformation Parliament era
surface form: English Reformation
influenced King James Version
language English
liturgicalUse Anglican worship
namedAfter bishops of the Church of England
notableFeature intended to counter popularity of the Geneva Bible
produced under episcopal supervision
placeOfPublication London, England
surface form: London
predecessor Great Bible
principalVersionFor Anglican Communion
surface form: Anglican Church
printingTechnology early modern letterpress printing
publisher Church of England
purpose to provide an authorized Bible for use in the Church of England
to replace the Great Bible in public worship
religion Christianity
script Latin alphabet
status principal Anglican Bible before King James Version
subject Christian theology
biblical text
successor King James Version
supersededBy King James Version
translationOf Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece
surface form: Greek New Testament

Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible
usedBy Anglicanism (broadly)
surface form: Anglicans

Church of England

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Matthew Bible followedBy Bishops' Bible
this entity surface form: Great Bible
Matthew Bible followedBy Bishops' Bible
this entity surface form: Bishops’ Bible
Matthew Bible influenced Bishops' Bible
this entity surface form: Great Bible
Tyndale Bible influenced Bishops' Bible
this entity surface form: Bishops’ Bible
Archbishop Matthew Parker notableWork Bishops' Bible
subject surface form: Matthew Parker
this entity surface form: Parker Bible (Bishops’ Bible revision work)
King James Version predecessor Bishops' Bible