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Anglo-Saxon translators produced several Old English translations and glosses of individual books of the Latin Bible.

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• Anglo-Saxon Versions of Scripture

  http://www.bible-researcher.com/anglo-saxon.html
  A collection of articles on the Old English versions of the Bible. Covers the history of Biblical translations in Anglo-Saxon England and includes bibliography.

• Bible Research: Internet Resources on the Anglo-Saxon Versions

  http://bible-researcher.blogspot.com/2011/10/internet-resources-on-anglo-saxon.html
  Provides links to editions and translations of the West-Saxon Gospels, the Paris Psalter, and related texts.

• Gospel of John

  http://books.google.com/books?id=ia0NAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
  Old English version of John. Google e-book.

• Gospel of Luke

  http://davies-linguistics.byu.edu/polyglot/
  Old English version of Luke from the "Polyglot Bible" site. Allows comparison with translations of Luke in several languages and in several different stages of the English language. Includes full-text search capability.

• Gospel of Mark

  http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/afu6141.0001.001?view=toc
  W.W. Skeat's edition of two Old English versions of Mark. The texts are displayed in parallel columns.

• Gospel of Matthew

  https://books.google.com/books?id=BRVAAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:gospel+intitle:of+intitle:saint+intitle:matthew&hl=en&sa=X&ei=08qNVc6cLMT3oATY6qLAAg&ved=0CCIQ6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q&f=false
  Old English version of Matthew. Google e-book.

• Gospel of Nicodemus: the Harrowing of Hell

  http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bright's_Anglo-Saxon_Reader/The_Harrowing_of_Hell
  Excerpt from the Old English version of the apocryphal gospel.

• Lindisfarne Gospels

  http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/sacredtexts/lindisfarne.html
  An introduction to the manuscript and an explanation of its significance. From the British Library.

• Lindisfarne, Rushworth, and West Saxon Glosses

  http://www.bartleby.com/211/0707.html
  Describes the continuous Old English glosses of Latin words in the Lindisfarne and Rushworth Gospels. Also covers the complete Old English translation known as the West-Saxon Gospels.

• Lord's Prayer

  http://www.lords-prayer-words.com/lord_old_english_medieval.html
  Old English version from the West-Saxon Gospels, together with a modern English translation of the Old English text.

• Old English Bible Translations

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English_Bible_translations
  Wikipedia article on Old English Bible translations and translators.

• Rushworth Gospels: Manuscript Image

  http://www.bible-researcher.com/northumbrian-gloss.html
  Section of one page showing the Latin text of Luke 23:27-34 and the Old English gloss of this text. Following this image are a transcription of both the Latin text and the Old English gloss and a Modern English translation of the Latin text.

• West-Saxon Gospels

  https://books.google.com/books?id=up1TAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:halgan+intitle:godspel&hl=en&sa=X&ei=FcyNVaD2EoOtogTivpX4BQ&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
  Complete Old English texts of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Edited by Benjamin Thorpe. Google e-book.

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