Heard on Springer: "in the _first_ beginning..."

[Joel S. Berson]

At 2/25/2011 05:47 PM, George Thompson wrote:
>If one knows that, one will be able to Google-search & find . . .
>The Wicked Bible, sometimes called The Adulterous Bible or The
>Sinners' Bible, is a term referring to the Bible published in 1631
>by Robert Barker and Martin Lucas, the royal printers in London,
>which was meant to be a reprint of the King James Bible. The name is
>derived from the compositors' mistake: in the Ten Commandments
>(Exodus  20:14) the word not in the sentence "Thou shalt not commit
>adultery" was omitted.

One wonders if this was a deliberate act by some reprobate of Charles
I's court, and if it was what sparked the Puritan Rebellion.

Thanks, George.  I now recall that I saw it mentioned recently in
connection with an
exhibit.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/religion/7411820.html (Feb.
3, 2011) says one is included in an exhibit of Bibles at Houston
Baptist University.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/77660 (Dec. 2010) has an
image of the page, and says one being offered for sale.

Joel

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