The Middle English Bible: A Reassessment

by Henry Ansgar Kelly

In the last quarter of the fourteenth century, the complete Old and New Testaments were translated from Latin into English, first very literally, and then revised into a more fluent, less Latinate style. This outstanding achievement, the Middle English Bible, is known by most modern scholars as the "Wycliffite" or "Lollard" Bible, attributing it to followers of the heretic John Wyclif. Prevailing scholarly opinion also holds that this Bible was...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812248341
• ISBN13: 9780812248340
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"