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Bible Story
CASIODORO DE REINA
Not much is known about Casiodoro de Reina,
he is only known by the name he received
after taking monastic vows, and added to this
hisplace of birth, he may have been born
around 1520.
Despite the difficulties that he had to live all those years, at no
time did he cease in his efforts to translate the Bible into Spanish.
In 1567 after having successfully completed the entire translation
of the old Testament, i travel to the city of basel to start the
publication work .
On the placement of the books especially those of the old
Testament, Reina respected the order of the books of the latin
vulgate.
The two editions, that of Casiodoro de Reina 1569 called the
bear Bible, and that of Cipriano de Valera 1602, call Bible of the
pitcher, it contained all the books included in the latin vulgate of
saint Jerónimo of Stridon, which was the official text of the Bible
for the catholic church until 1979.
CIPRIANO DE VALERA