Guides to Versions of the Bible   A variety of versions of the Bible have appeared over the centuries, each with its own character and guiding editorial and translating principles.  The green arrows below will cycle you through some of the more common versions.  Published guides to ancient and modern texts and versions include:   Aland, Kurt and Barbara Aland.  The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism, 2d rev. ed.  Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1995.   Knobloch, Frederick W.  Biblical Translation in Context.  Bethesday, Maryland : University Press of Maryland, 2002.     Kubo, Sakae and Walter F. Specht.  So Many Versions: Twentieth Century English Versions of the Bible, rev. and enl. ed.  Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1983.   Lewis, Jack P.  The English Bible: From KJV to NIV, 2d ed.  Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 1991.   Metzger, Bruce M.  The Bible in Translation: Ancient and English Versions.  Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2001.     --------.  The Canon of the New Testament: Its Origin, Development, and Significance.  New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.   --------.  The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration, 3d enlarged ed.  New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.   Trebolle Barrera, Julio.  The Jewish Bible and the Christian Bible: An Introduction to the History of the Bible, trans. Wilfred G. E. Watson.  Leiden: Brill, 1998.     Walden, Walter.  Guide to Bible Translations: A Handbook of Versions Ancient and Modern, 3d ed.  Boston: Livingworks, 2001.     Wegner, Paul D.  Journey from Texts to Translations: The Origin and Development of the Bibke.  Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 1999.   © 2017 Catherine Murphy, Associate Professor cmurphy@scu.edu   Dept of Religious Studies, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA 95053