Spanish RV 1909 Bible (SPARV09)

Overview

The Reina-Valera 1909 is a landmark revision of the Spanish Protestant Bible, standing in a tradition that begins with Casiodoro de Reina's 1569 "Biblia del Oso" -- the first complete Bible translated into Spanish from the original Hebrew and Greek texts. [1] Reina, a former Hieronymite monk who fled Spain during the Inquisition, published his translation in Basel, Switzerland after twelve years of work. [1] In 1602, Cipriano de Valera published a revision that became the standard Protestant Spanish Bible, and subsequent revisions were issued by the British and Foreign Bible Society and the American Bible Society. [2] The 1909 edition was one of fifteen revisions published by the British and Foreign Bible Society, the American Bible Society, and the United Bible Societies between 1808 and 1995, undertaken because earlier wording had become archaic. The 1909 revision was the most extensive to that date, with over 100,000 changes in spelling and language modernization, following the Masoretic Text for the Old Testament; it was overseen by a committee chaired by Henry Thomson, using the Nestle Greek text as approved by both Bible Societies. [2] [3] The Reina-Valera 1909 served as the primary Spanish Protestant Bible until it was largely superseded by the 1960 revision. [2]

Language and People

Spanish (ISO 639-3: spa) is spoken by approximately 480,000,000 people in Andorra and France. [Glottolog: stan1288]

Publishing and Organizations

Created by Out of Copyright. Published by United Bible Societies. Translation type: New.

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