THE EARLY ENGLISH BIBLE: TYNDALE, PART 1

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THE EARLY ENGLISH BIBLE: TYNDALE, PART 1
William Tyndale
@1494 - 1536
Christians
to England
Beginnings of
English language
(Old English)
Jesus
John Wycliffe
William Tyndale
1535
Tyndale: The Man Who Gave God an English
Voice, by David Teems
William Tyndale: A Biography, by David Daniell
Tyndale: The Man Who Gave God an English
Voice, by David Teems
William Tyndale: A Biography, by David Daniell
A Pictorial History of Our English Bible, by David
Beale
Tyndale: The Man Who Gave God an English
Voice, by David Teems
William Tyndale: A Biography, by David Daniell
A Pictorial History of Our English Bible, by David
Beale
From the Mind of God to the Mind of Man, ed.
James B. Williams
How We Got the Bible, Neil R. Lightfoot
www.tyndale.org
www.tyndale.org
“The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England,” BBC
“William Tyndale: Man with a Mission,” an interview
with David Daniell
www.tyndale.org
“The Most Dangerous Man in Tudor England,” BBC
“William Tyndale: Man with a Mission,” an interview
with David Daniell
“God’s Outlaw”
Tyndale: The Man Who Gave God an English
Voice, by David Teems
William Tyndale: A Biography, by David Daniell
Christians
to England
Beginnings of
English language
(Old English)
Jesus
John Wycliffe
William Tyndale
1535
If you have ever been to the sea-shore just because the waves somehow
enchanted you, or if on a particular visit someone kicked sand in your
boyfriend’s face (an outdated and inexcusable act) thinking him a
weakling, though you refused to believe it because you happened to be
wearing rose-colored glasses and because of a long-suffering faith in your
dearly beloved, or simply because you consider him a godly man,
unbeliever that he used to be, William Tyndale gave you the words to tell
your story. If, by some act of childishness on the part of one of your friends
(some particular busybody, though you once thought them the salt of the
earth) you have ever been used as a scapegoat, or if that bad grade you
got in English caused an uproar in your home, in spite of how zealous you
were about Keats, how much time you spent at your writing-table, or how
that stiff-necked teacher, that taskmaster, Mr. Jones, grossly misunderstood
it when you said you lost your homework or that the dog buried it in some
ungodly place. The peace offering you made him hardly moved him a
single jot, which I am sure left you disillusioned and brokenhearted.
If you have ever been to the sea-shore just because the waves somehow
enchanted you, or if on a particular visit someone kicked sand in your
boyfriend’s face (an outdated and inexcusable act) thinking him a
weakling, though you refused to believe it because you happened to be
wearing rose-colored glasses and because of a long-suffering faith in your
dearly beloved, or simply because you consider him a godly man,
unbeliever that he used to be, William Tyndale gave you the words to tell
your story. If, by some act of childishness on the part of one of your friends
(some particular busybody, though you once thought them the salt of the
earth) you have ever been used as a scapegoat, or if that bad grade you
got in English caused an uproar in your home, in spite of how zealous you
were about Keats, how much time you spent at your writing-table, or how
that stiff-necked teacher, that taskmaster, Mr. Jones, grossly misunderstood
it when you said you lost your homework or that the dog buried it in some
ungodly place. The peace offering you made him hardly moved him a
single jot, which I am sure left you disillusioned and brokenhearted.
“Newpaper headlines still quote Tyndale, though
unknowingly, and he has reached more people
than Shakespeare.”
(Daniell)
Tyndale NT 1534
O Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Let thy kingdom come.
Thy will be fulfilled
As well in earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive our trespassers.
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom
and the power
And the glory, for ever.
Amen.
KJV
Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done
in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom,
and the power,
and the glory, for ever.
Amen.
Tyndale NT 1534
O Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Let thy kingdom come.
Thy will be fulfilled
As well in earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive our trespassers.
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom
and the power
And the glory, for ever.
Amen.
KJV
Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done
in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom,
and the power,
and the glory, for ever.
Amen.
Let there be light
Am I my brother’s keeper?
Behold, the lamb of God
I am the way, the truth, and the life
In my father’s house are many mansions
With God all things are possible
In Him we live, move, and have our being
Be not weary in well doing
Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher
of our faith
Behold, I stand at the door and knock
Let not your hearts be troubled
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
For my yoke is easy and my burden is light
Ask and it shall be given you. Seek and ye
shall find. Knock and it shall be opened
unto you.
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congregation
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thanksgiving
Passover
intercession
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godless
impure
atonement
elder
congregation
thanksgiving
Passover
intercession
brotherly
viper
godless
impure
atonement
the signs of the times
elder
congregation
thanksgiving
Passover
intercession
brotherly
viper
godless
impure
atonement
the signs of the times
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“The English-speaking world owes William Tyndale
a debt it is hardly aware of.”
(Teems)
“He has been most unfairly neglected.”
(Daniell)
“What is dumbfounding to me is how hidden he
remains, how misprized, and how thoroughly
uncelebrated.”
(Teems)
“This man’s legacy lives on in every Englishspeaking country.”
“Tyndale’s influence is immeasurable.”
“His genius, now acknowledged, makes him –
alongside Shakespeare – one of the co-creators of
the modern English language.”
“No one in history has changed our language like
he did.”
“He has been written out of history, perhaps
because of the savage truths his story reveals
about the men and women who dominated Tudor
England.”
(BBC)
“Call a manhunt, throw in a villain (a real slimy one, a
Dickens character), mention the word conspiracy, set the
world against a single unsuspecting Englishman, betray him
into the hands of the local authorities, cast him into the
dank bowels of an old flinty castle, deny him any kind of
light, have him speak in his own defense at a sham trial, call
him an arch-heretic, condemn him to an eternity in hell,
stand him upright in the midst of dry kindling and
gunpowder, let him utter some memorable last words,
strangle the life out of him, set him ablaze, and what you
have is a great story.” (Teems)
Christians
to England
Beginnings of
English language
(Old English)
Jesus
John Wycliffe
William Tyndale
1535
The “Lollards”
Authority of state church
of the Bible
Possible connections:
• Other languages, incld. beauty of Welsh
• Cloth trade
• Followers of Wycliffe
Possible connections:
• Other languages, incld. beauty of Welsh
• Cloth trade
• Followers of Wycliffe
• Common people