CHRISTIANS DO YOU KNOW HOW YOU GET THE BIBLE FROM GREEK ? A translation of the Bible (Old and New Testaments) in literary Katharevousa Greek (Καθαρεύουσα) by Neofytos Vamvas (Νεόφυτος Βάμβας) and his associates was first published in 1850 following nearly 20 years of work. The King James Version was used as a main source for this translation. Vamvas was dean and a professor of the University of Athens.[7] In 1901, Alexandros Pallis translated the Gospels into Modern Greek. This translation was known as Evangelika (Ευαγγελικά). There were riots in Athens when this translation was published in a newspaper. In 1967 a team of academic staff of the University of Athens led by Basil (Vasilios) Vellas (Βασίλειος Βέλλας) translated the New Testament, with support from the Hellenic Bible Society.[7] This translation was based on the Textus Receptus.[8] In 1993, the Jehovahs Witnesses circulated the translation of the Greek Christian Scriptures (New Testament) in modern Greek originating from the English edition, the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures. Then, in 1997, they released the complete Holy Scriptures (Bible) in modern Greek,[9] being the result of some seven years of painstaking work.”[10]
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