Coptic BIBLES. There are several manuscript copies of the Coptic Bible in some of the great libraries, especially in that of the French king. Dr Wilkins published the Coptic New Testament in quarto in the year 1716, and the Pentateuch, also in quarto, in 1731, with Latin translations. He is of opinion that these versions were made in the end of the second, or the beginning of the third century.