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Tyndale's New Testament
William Tyndale
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Description for Tyndale's New Testament
Paperback. William Tyndale's 16th-century translation of the New Testament into English from its original Greek resulted in his being hunted down and burnt at the stake for blasphemy. This work of pioneering scholarship formed the basis of all subsequent bibles until after World War I. Translator(s): Tyndale, William. Num Pages: 465 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 582.
This translation of the New Testament into English from its original Greek was printed in Germany in 1534 and smuggled back into England. It therefore escaped the fate of Tyndale's previous version, which had been seized and publicly burnt by the authorities. The 1534 edition outraged the clerical establishment by giving the laity access to the word of God, in print in English for the first time. Tyndale, who was already in exile for political reasons, was hunted down and subsequently burned at the stake for blasphemy. For the next eighty years-the years of Shakespeare among others-Tyndale's masterly translation ... Read more
This translation of the New Testament into English from its original Greek was printed in Germany in 1534 and smuggled back into England. It therefore escaped the fate of Tyndale's previous version, which had been seized and publicly burnt by the authorities. The 1534 edition outraged the clerical establishment by giving the laity access to the word of God, in print in English for the first time. Tyndale, who was already in exile for political reasons, was hunted down and subsequently burned at the stake for blasphemy. For the next eighty years-the years of Shakespeare among others-Tyndale's masterly translation ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
465
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
Number of Pages
466
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300065800
SKU
V9780300065800
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About William Tyndale
David Daniell is senior lecturer in English at University College, London.
Reviews for Tyndale's New Testament
This volume deserves wide circulation. -Library Journal Amid the plethora of contemporary English translations, Tyndale's still stands out as powerfully and vigorously attractive. -ADRIS Newsletter Tyndale's prose is not only refreshing for us in reading such a distanced and over-used passage such as 1 ... Read more