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• But, in the west, the Greek and Latin New Testaments have generally become the dominant versions. The Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint) has also become dominant in the west, even although it is only a translation of the Holy, inspired, God-breathed Hebrew Old Testament. And the Latin Vulgate - even although it is merely a translation and not a God-breathed inspired original - itself became dominant in the west for around 1500 years.
• Thus, the history of ‘the Bible’ in the west is mixed. The Aramaic New Testament has always been there throughout recorded history. But both the Greek and Latin New Testaments, the Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint) and the Latin Old Testament, have together become more dominant, or more popular, in the west.