Ethiopian Bible is the oldest and complete bible on earth.
Written in Ge’ez an ancient language of Ethiopia, it’s nearly 800 years older than the King James Version and contains 81-88 books compared to 66. It includes the Book of ENOCH, Esdras, Buruch and all 3 Books of MACCABEE, and a host of others that was excommunicated from the KJV.
John Baskett (1665–1742) attained the title of “printer to the King’s most excellent majesty” in 1709, but his publishing career turned for the worse when he issued this richly-engraved folio Bible in 1717. Quick to point out the Bible’s numerous misprints, Baskett’s competitors branded it “a Baskett-ful of Errors.” The edition’s more lasting nickname has been the “Vinegar Bible,” because the words “Parable of the Vinegar” appear at the top of the page containing Luke 20:9, Christ’s Parable of the Vineyard.
LARGE ANTIQUE HOLY BIBLE 1739 OLD & NEW TESTAMENT VOLUME 2 SAMUEL HUMPHREYS, ILLUSTRATED.
41cm x 27cm x 7.75cm.
Weight 5.58kg.
The Wicked Bible, also known as the Sinner’s Bible, originated in 1631. It was the product of the Royal Printers in London, Robert Barker and Martin Lucas, who accidentally let a rather important typo slip by.
Unfortunately, it was in a rather popular part of the text — Exodus 20:14, otherwise known as the Ten Commandments.
Everything seems fine until you get up to commandment number six — thou shalt not commit adultery.
It seems that somehow the rather important “not” part of that sentence was missing. Instead, the commandment read — Thou shalt commit adultery.
Only roughly a thousand of these copies were made and it took a year for the mistake to come to light. While most of the Wicked Bibles were rounded up and destroyed, 15 still remain.
While the Commandment blunder is the most famous typo in the Wicked Bible, it’s not the only one.
In fact, another big one can also be found in Deuteronomy 5:24, where it reads “And ye said, Behold, the Lord our God hath shewed us his glory and his great-asse.”
Clearly, that was supposed to say “greatness”.
