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Oct 16, 2021 · Learn about John Wycliffe and William Tyndale, two brave scholars who challenged the Catholic Church by translating the Bible into English. Discover how they faced persecution, exile and martyrdom for their work.
- Wendy Mead
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William Tyndale (c. 1494-1536) was a scholar and linguist who translated much of the Bible into Early Modern English from Hebrew and Greek texts. He was a leading figure in the Protestant Reformation and was executed for heresy by the Catholic Church.
Partial Bible translations into languages of the English people can be traced back to the late 7th century, including translations into Old and Middle English. More than 100 complete translations into English have been produced.
Aug 30, 2024 · William Tyndale was an English scholar who translated the New Testament from Greek into English in 1525. He was a humanist and a Protestant martyr who influenced future English versions of the Bible.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The first complete English-language version of the Bible dates from 1382 and was credited to John Wycliffe and his followers. But it was the work of the scholar William Tyndale, who from 1525 to 1535 translated the New Testament and part of the Old Testament, that became the model for a series of subsequent English translations.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jan 6, 2019 · Learn how the Bible was translated from Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek into various languages, including English. See the timeline of biblical translations from ancient to modern times and the challenges and discoveries along the way.
William Tyndale was the first to translate the Bible into English from Hebrew and Greek texts, with influence from the Vulgate and Luther's German version. He was executed for his work, but his translations were used in the Matthew Bible and the King James Version.
