THE EARLY ENGLISH BIBLE: TYNDALE, PART 10 TYNDALE`S

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The Trustworthy Word
THE EARLY ENGLISH BIBLE: TYNDALE, PART 10
TYNDALE’S LEGACY
William Tyndale: A Biography, by David Daniell
Tyndale: The Man Who Gave God an English
Voice, by David Teems
The Bible in English, by David Daniell
“Tyndale 1” – 1525 – partial New Testament
“Tyndale 2” – 1526 – complete New Testament
“Tyndale 2b” – 1534 – revised New Testament
“Tyndale 3” – 1530/31 – Pentateuch and Jonah
@1494
1536
Birth
Tyndale’s death
October, 1536
1536
John Rogers – chaplain at the English House
John Rogers – chaplain at the English House
Thomas Cromwell – Henry VIII’s cabinet member
for religious affairs
Miles Coverdale – prominent Bible translator,
though from Latin
John Rogers
John Rogers – combined all of Tyndale’s
translation work into one Bible:
•
Tyndale’s Pentateuch
•
Tyndale’s Joshua – 2 Chronicles (1st publication)
•
Coverdale’s rest of the OT
•
Tyndale’s 1534 New Testament
1536
1537
1536
1537
1538 Thomas Cromwell encourages bishops to order it;
encourages the people of England to order it; and requires
the local priests to preach the Word of God
1536
1537 Published with license from Henry VIII
1538 Thomas Cromwell encouraged bishops to order it;
encouraged the people of England to order it; and required
the local priests to preach the Word of God
“Tyndale 4” – 1537 … ?
“Tyndale 4” – 1537 “Thomas Matthew” Bible
“Tyndale 4” – 1537 “Thomas Matthew” Bible
• Tyndale’s Pentateuch
• Tyndale’s Joshua – 2 Chronicles
• Tyndale’s New Testament
1536
1537 “Thomas Matthew” Bible
1536
1537 Coverdale Bible licensed and printed in England
1536
1538 Latin / English Parallel NT (L&P in England)
1536
1536
1536
1539 “Great Bible”
1536
1536
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1539 “Great Bible” – only officially authorized English Bible
“Tyndale 4” – 1537 – “Thomas Matthew” Bible
“Tyndale 5” – 1539 – “Great Bible”
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1536
X
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125,000-150,000 English Bibles printed
1536
X
@80,000 more copies printed during
the reign of King Edward (6 yrs.)
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@250,000 English Bibles printed
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1536
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1557/1560 Geneva NT and Geneva Bible
1536
XX
1536
XX
1536
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“The overwhelming evidence is of overwhelming
popularity at every level of British life.”
(David Daniell)
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“Tyndale 6” – 1560 – Geneva Bible
1536
1611 KJV
1536
76% of the Old Testament (Gen – 2 Chronicles)
83% of the New Testament
are from Tyndale
1611 KJV
“Tyndale 6” – 1560 – Geneva Bible
“Tyndale 7” – 1611 – King James Version
1536
1611 KJV
RV, ASV, RSV,
NASB, NKJV, ESV

THE EARLY ENGLISH BIBLE: TYNDALE, PART 10 TYNDALE`S

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