The Tyndale Bible
generally refers to the body of biblical translations by William
Tyndale. Tyndale’s Bible is credited with being the first English
translation to come directly from Hebrew and Greek texts. Furthermore it
was the first English biblical translation that was mass produced as a
result of new advances in the art of printing. The term Tyndale's
Bible is not strictly correct, because Tyndale never published a
complete Bible. Prior to his execution Tyndale had only finished
translating the entire New Testament and roughly half of the Old
Testament. Of the latter, the Pentateuch, Jonah and a revised version of
the book of Genesis were published during his lifetime. His other Old
Testament works were first used in the creation of the Matthew Bible and
also heavily influenced every major English translation of the Bible
that followed. |