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Traces the life of William Tyndale, the first person to translate the Bible into English from the original Greek and Hebrew and discusses the social, literary, religious, and intellectual implications of his work.
Translated by William Tyndale Reprint of 1534 edition with modern spelling 6 1/8 x 8 % Font size: 11
William Tyndale is one of the most important of the early reformers, and particularly through his translation of the New Testament, has had a formative influence on the development of the English language and religious thought. The sources of his theology are, however, not immediately clear, and historians have often seen him as being influenced chiefly by continental, and in particular Lutheran, ideas. In his important new book, Ralph Werrell shows that the most important influences were to befound closer to home, and that the home-grown Wycliffite tradition was of far greater importance. In doing so, Werrell shows that the apparent differences between Tyndale's writings from the period bef...
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It is full time that a new life of Tyndale were written. Demaus laid a good and true foundation sixty-six years ago, but much knowledge has been gained since then, and lurks in state papers and learned magazines. Even in the case of records that have long been known, a closer study of the text reveals many fresh facts, and sweeps away certain hoary fables that have gathered about the memory of the Reformer. - Preface.
Tyndale's translation is one of the earliest English translations of the New Testament. It is especially noteworthy that it was produced in a time when the Bible was not allowed to be translated into vernacular languages. Nevertheless, Tyndale's work succeeded and is still available for study until the present time. Scholars have regarded the 1534 edition as Tyndale’s definitive version of the New Testament. Though in 1535 he did issue another edition, the 1534 edition remains his crowning work. The sources for this edition of Tyndale’s New Testament are the following: 1. “The English Hexapla Exhibiting the Six Important English Translations of the New Testament Scriptures, Wiclif, Tyn...