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There have been many Coptic versions of the Bible, including some of the earliest translations into any language. Several different versions were made in the ancient world, with different editions of the Old and New Testament in five of the dialects of Coptic: Bohairic (northern), Fayyumic, Sahidic (southern), Akhmimic and Mesokemic (middle).
The Coptic (Sahidic) version of certain Books of the Old Testament: from a papyrus in the British Museum (1908) Franz-Jürgen Schmitz, Gerd Mink, Liste der koptischen Handschriften des neuen Testaments, Walter de Gruyter, 1991, vol. 1, part 2, (pp. 1279) ISBN 3-11-013015-7, ISBN 978-3-11-013015-7; Assorted Images of Coptic Manuscripts
The Bible is the most translated book in the world, with more translations (including an increasing number of sign languages) being produced annually.The United Bible Societies is a global fellowship of around 150 Bible Societies with the aim of translating publishing, and distributing the Bible.
Later, the New Testament was translated into the dialects of Middle Egypt: Fayumic (cop fay), Achmimic (cop ach), and Subachmimic (cop ach2). These translations were based partly on the Greek text-type and partly on earlier Coptic translations, primarily in the Sahidic dialect.
The two fragments were published in 1938 and 1983 respectively, and the Coptic translation was published in 1955 by Walter Till. [5] Dating the gospel, as with most ancient literary texts, is problematic. As the earliest extant fragment of the gospel (the Rylands papyrus) dates to the early Third Century, it must predate this.
The Orthodox Tewahedo biblical canon is a version of the Christian Bible used in the two Oriental Orthodox Churches of the Ethiopian and Eritrean traditions: the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church. At 81 books, it is the largest and most diverse biblical canon in traditional Christendom.