The 1569 Spanish Bible, known as La Biblia del Oso ("The Bear Bible"), was the first complete translation of the Bible into Spanish from the original Hebrew and Greek texts. It was translated by Casiodoro de Reina, a former Catholic monk who became a Protestant and fled Spain due to the Inquisition.
Published in Basel, Switzerland, the Bible got its nickname from a bear on the cover reaching into a beehive, symbolizing the search for God’s truth. It was banned in Catholic Spain, and owning it could lead to punishment.
In 1602, Reina's work was revised by Cipriano de Valera, leading to the well-known Reina-Valera Bible, still widely used by Spanish-speaking Protestants today.
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