William Tyndale: A Biography by Daniell, David

William Tyndale: A Biography

The dramatic life of William Tyndale, the first person to translate the Bible into English from the...
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Author: David Daniell
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William Tyndale: A Biography by Daniell, David

William Tyndale: A Biography

$70.60

William Tyndale: A Biography

$70.60
Author: David Daniell
Format: Paperback
Language: English
The dramatic life of William Tyndale, the first person to translate the Bible into English from the original Greek and Hebrew

"A massive contribution to the history of the Reformation in England."--J. Enoch Powell, Times Higher Education Supplement

William Tyndale (1494-1536) was the first person to translate the Bible into English from its original Greek and Hebrew and the first to print the Bible in English, which he did in exile. Giving the laity access to the word of God outraged the clerical establishment in England: he was condemned, hunted, and eventually murdered. However, his masterly translation formed the basis of all English bibles--including the "King James Bible," many of whose finest passages were taken unchanged, though unacknowledged, from Tyndale's work.

This important book, published in the quincentenary year of his birth, is the first major biography of Tyndale in sixty years. It sets the story of his life in the intellectual and literary contexts of his immense achievement and explores his influence on the theology, literature, and humanism of Renaissance and Reformation Europe.

David Daniell, editor of Tyndale's New Testament and Tyndale's Old Testament, eloquently describes the dramatic turns in Tyndale's life. Born in England and educated at Oxford, Tyndale was ordained as a priest. When he decided to translate the Bible into English, he realized that it was impossible to do that work in England and moved to Germany, living in exile there and in the Low Countries while he translated and printed first the New Testament and then half of the Old Testament. These were widely circulated--and denounced--in England. Yet Tyndale continued to write from abroad, publishing polemics in defense of the principles of the English reformation. He was seized in Antwerp, imprisoned in Vilvoorde Castle near Brussels, and burnt at the stake for heresy in 1536.

Daniell discusses Tyndale's achievement as biblical translator and expositor, analyzes his writing, examines his stylistic influence on writers from Shakespeare to those of the twentieth century, and explores the reasons why he has not been more highly regarded. His book brings to life one of the great geniuses of the age.

Author: David Daniell
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 02/08/2001
Pages: 440
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780300068801

About the Author
David Daniell is Professor of English in the University of London. He is the editor of Tyndale's New Testament and Tyndale's Old Testament.

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