The Book of Gratitudes. Pablo R. Andiñach

In his prologue he said that it was because the 2,600 copies of the Bible of the Bear had been bought up. However, we know that there were other less practical reasons. Cipriano’s Calvinist emphasis made him prefer a text with different information and notes, where the apocryphal books were presented as less connected to the rest of the Old Testament. In practice, the Bible of the Jar differs from the Bible of the Bear much more in its notes and summaries than in the Bible text.

      Finally, there was one more reason: there was a certain enmity between them. Cipriano was suspicious of Casiodoro’s independent ideas, and the latter did not feel comfortable with the disciples of Calvin. Perhaps in order not to hurt him, Cipriano waited until Casiodoro’s death—which took place in 1594—to revise and publish the translation in 1602. The cover bears only his name, although the prologue inside mentions that the text is a revision of Casiodoro´s work. This resulted in the Reina-Valera being known as the Bible of Cipriano de Valera for the next three centuries. It was not until the late 19th century that Reina’s name would be included in the current editions.