Reina-Valera

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Reina-Valera
Bible's title-page traced to the Bavarian printer Mattias Apiarius, "the bee-keeper". Note the emblem of a bear tasting honey.
The title in english says:
THE BIBLE,
THAT IS, THE SA-
CRED BOOKS OF THE
OLD AND NEW TE-
STAMENT.
Full name: Reina-Valera
Language: Spanish
Complete Bible published: 1569
Author(s): Casiodoro de Reina
Version revised: 1602, 1862, 1909, 1960, 1995 and 2011
Publisher: United Bible Societies

En el principio creó Dios los cielos y la tierra. Y la tierra estaba desordenada y vacía, y las tinieblas estaban sobre la faz del abismo, y el Espíritu de Dios se movía sobre la faz de las aguas. Y dijo Dios: Sea la luz; y fue la luz.

Genesis 1:1 in other translations

Porque de tal manera amó Dios al mundo, que ha dado a su Hijo unigénito, para que todo aquel que en él cree, no se pierda, mas tenga vida eterna.

John 3:16 in other translations

The Reina-Valera is a Spanish translation of the Bible, first published in 1569 in Basel, Switzerland, and nicknamed the "Biblia del Oso" (in English: Bible of the Bear).[1] It was the first complete bible to be printed, although not the first complete Bible in Spanish; several others, like the 13th-century Alfonsina Bible (translated from Jerome's Vulgata), were published in previous centuries. Its principal translator was Casiodoro de Reina, an independent Lutheran theologian,[2] but a manuscript found at the Bodleian Library gives further evidence of the fact that the Spanish Bible was a community project.[3] This translation was based on the Hebrew Masoretic Text (Bomberg's Edition, 1525) and the Greek Textus Receptus (Stephanus' Edition, 1550). As secondary sources Reina was aided by the Ferrara Bible for the Old Testament and the Latin Edition of Santes Pagnino throughout. For the New Testament he had great aid from the translations of Francisco de Enzinas and Juan Pérez de Pineda. The 1569 version included the deuterocanonical books in the Old Testament.

History

This Bible, as central to the perception of the scriptures by Protestants in Spanish as the Geneva Bible and King James Version in English, has undergone numerous revisions, the first of which took place in 1602 under the editorial eye of Cipriano de Valera. This edition was printed in Amsterdam. The 1602 revision moved the deuterocanonical books to a section between the Old and New Testaments called the Apocrypha.[4]

Next was the revision of 1862, followed by other important revisions in 1909, 1960, 1995 and 2011. Modern editions often omit the Apocrypha. The 1909 edition is essentially the equivalent of the English King James Version, while the 1960 edition is the equivalent of the English Revised Standard Version.[5] Both versions are therefore still in print.

Since the 1960 revision was released, there has been much debate among conservative Christian groups which use the Reina-Valera Bible. However, the 1960 revision became the common Bible of many millions of Spanish-speaking Christians around the world, surpassing the 1909 in its reception. Almost all Hispanic liberal and Pentecostal churches use it, despite further attempts to revise it.

Other Revisions

  • The 1602 Purified Bible done in Monterrey, Mexico.
  • Another Revision of the Valera Bible was made in 1865 by Dr. Ángel H. de Mora of Spain and subsequently printed by the American Bible Society. The ABS continued to reprint this Valera edition until the 1950s. It was then reprinted again in the year 2000 by Local Church Bible Publishers of Lansing, Michigan and also the Valera Bible Society of Miami, Florida.
  • The Reina-Valera-Gómez Bible, done in Matamoros, Mexico.[6][7]
  • The Trinitarian Bible Society is working on a revision of the Valera 1909 at this time.
  • In September 2009 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) published their first official Spanish edition of the Bible based on the 1909 Reina-Valera edition, with "a very conservative update of outdated grammar and vocabulary".[8][9]

See also

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ The facsimile reproduction was published by the Spanish Bible Society (1970 ISBN 84-8083-073-5).
  2. ↑ compare: Rosales, Raymond S. Casiodoro de Reina: Patriarca del Protestantismo Hispano. St. Louis: Concordia Seminary Publications. 2002.
  3. ↑ González, Jorge A. The Reina-Valera Bible: From Dream to Reality
  4. ↑ A facsimile edition was produced by the Spanish Bible Society: (Sagrada Biblia. Traducción de Casiodoro de Reina 1569. Revisión de Cipriano de Valera 1602. Facsímil. 1990, Sociedades Biblicas Unidas, ISBN 84-85132-72-6)]
  5. ↑ Anderson, S. The Reina Valera 1960 Spanish Bible Exposed
  6. ↑ compare: Here Comes Gomez
  7. ↑ compare: What About The Gomez Bible?
  8. ↑ Church Edition of Spanish Bible Now Published
  9. ↑ Santa Biblia LDS Edition of The Holy Bible in Spanish

Further reading

  • Robert Ray Breaker III. The History [of] and the Truth about the Spanish Bible Controversy: 1569 Reina, 1602 Valera, the Valera 1602 Purified. 2nd ed. Milton, Fl.: Breaker's Publications, 2007. 92 p. Without ISBN
  • Robert Ray Breaker III. A Brief Look at the History of the Spanish Bible. 10th ed., rev.. Milton, Fl.: Breaker's Publications, 2004, cop. 1999. 44, [6] p., ill. with facsims. Without ISBN. N.B.: The work also exists in Spanish translation, entitled Una Breve historia de la Biblia en español.
  • Raymond S. Rosales. Casiodoro de Reina, patriarca del Protestantismo hispano, in Serie de monografías [de las] Publicaciones del Seminario Concordia, no. 5. Saint Louis, Mo.: Concordia Seminary Publications, 2002. ISBN 0-911770-74-7

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