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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The first single-language translation of the Bible:
A
King James
B
Septuagint
C
Vulgate
D
NIV
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Hebrew Bible was written in Hebrew. Its Greek translation, the Septuagint, made it accessible in the Hellenistic period (c. 300 BCE–c. 300 CE) and provided a language for the New Testament and for the Christian liturgy and theology of the first three centuries CE.

Detailed explanation-2: -Latin Vulgate The Latin translation of the Bible written by St. Jerome, who was asked by Pope Damasus in 382 A.D. to bring order out of the proliferation of Old Latin versions which were in circulation. His translation became the standard Latin version of the Bible for the Western Latin-speaking Church.

Detailed explanation-3: -William Tyndale (l.c. 1494-1536) was a talented English linguist, scholar and priest who was the first to translate the Bible into English. Tyndale objected to the Catholic Church’s control of scripture in Latin and the prohibition against an English translation.

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