Special editions of the Bible (thing)

Here are some more "special" Bibles -

• The Denial Bible
- Oxford's 1792 edition of the Bible asserted that someone called Phillip, not Peter, was the apostle who denied Jesus three times.


• The Fool Bible
- Published during the reign of Charles I, the Fool's Bible clearly states that "The fool hath said in his heart that there is a God" (Psalms 14). The omission of that crucial "no" cost the printers a £1000 fine.


• The Forgotten Sins Bible
- Printed in 1638. Luke 7 - "Her sins which are many, are forgotten". Forgiven, surely?


• The Idle Bible
- An 1809 edition which refers to "the idle shepherd", rather than the idol shepherd.


• The Judas Bible
- Published 1611. Matthew 27, reads - "Then cometh Judas with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder." You say Judas, I say Jesus; You say tomayto, I say tomahto...


• The Lions Bible
- Published in 1804, the Lions Bible is a veritable treasure trove of howlers. Numbers 25 - "The murderer shall surely be put together" (as opposed to "to death"); Galatians 5 - "For the flesh lusteth after the Spirit" (against the Spirit...), and most notably, Kings 8 - "but thy son that shall come forth out of thy lions"...


• The "Sin on" Bible
- An Irish edition of 1716 contains a tiny but significant typo - John 5, 14, reads "sin on more", rather than "sin no more". No-one noticed the error until 8000 copies had been printed and bound.


• The "To Remain" Bible
- Another effort from Cambridge, this time printed in 1805. They excelled themselves with this one, by adding to the Bible's text, rather than mangling or omitting parts of it. A proofreader queried the comma towards the end of Galatians 4, 29, which should read "persecuted him that was born after the spirit, even so it is now". The Editor pencilled a reply in the margin reading "to remain", and the text was dutifully changed to "born after the spirit, to remain even so it is now."