Tyndale's New Testament-OE

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Book Overview

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 formed the basis of all English bibles. And when the authorized King James Bible was published in 1611, many of its finest passages were taken unchanged, though unacknowledged, from Tyndale's work. Although, therefore, this astounding work of pioneering scholarship was the basis of all subsequent English bibles until after the Second World War, and though it was the version of the Bible used by some of our greatest poets, it is today virtually unknown because of its suppression for political reasons because of its difficult early sixteenth-century spelling. Now for the first time this version is published in modern spelling, as the modern book it once was, so that this masterly work of English prose by one of the great geniuses of the as is available to today's reader.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300065809
• ISBN13: 9780300065800
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

AN ALMOST PERFECT EDITION !

This New Testament has everything needed & wanted, to reveal the mind & heart of our precious brother William Tyndale. All the prologues are in it, except the commentary on Mt 5,6,7.David Daniell has done an exceptional job here, providing in 1 volume a wonderful host of helps : by him & by Wm. This Bible work deserves a much higher quality binding & covers.This present edition has nice wide margins for the references at the sides of each page. But it needs the same wide margins at the book centre, so it can be read without bent pages.Does anyone have the address or phone # of Yale University Press?I want to request this New Testament to be made the same size & print of their excellent 'Tyndale's Old Testament.' I was happy to receive C.B.D. last copy of this treasure !Nelson Hollins nhollins@sprint.ca

A must have New Testament

Anyone interested in the history of the English Bible and Bible translation should own a copy of this historic masterpiece of Bible translation. Tyndall was the first to translate the New Testament into English from the Greek and it cost him his life.This historic New Testament is available at what amounts to a bargin price. The type is easy to read. Anyone woried about reading older English forms should not hesitate to purchase this volume. I believe what makes older English harder to read is the older spelling and type. With Mr. Daniell's updating of the spelling, I believe Tyndall's New Testament is more readable than the King James Version (KJV). Additionally, Tyndall's wording seems simplier than the KJV and is in more in keeping with modern translations. For example, the word "love" is used in 1 Corinthians 13 instead of the KJV's "charity". I would like to own an original printing of Tyndall's New Testament, but I'm sure I can not afford it. With the publication of this volume, I got a more readable and much more affordable copy.

Who knew? I sure didnt'.

Until I read this book, I had no idea that the KJV Bible was largely a plagiarism of Tyndale's work. The introductory chapter of this book gives some background on what Tyndale endured so that the Bible could be made as readily available "to the man who pushes the plow" as it was to the church hierarchy. Tyndale's interpretation (where the two works differ) is stronger and more forceful. Tyndale's last words (before he was strangled and burned at the stake for heresy) were "Lord God, open the King of England's eyes."Look like his prayers (and life's work) had an enormous impact on all the world.This book is a valuable treasure and a foundational item for every Christian's library.And in my own life, the information and background and history offered in this book opened my eyes to the price our fellow Christians paid so that we could all have a Bible in our homes.

A book of multiple glories

It is impossible to capture the wealth and worth of this translation of the New Testament in a few sentences. For Christians, or for those interested in religious studies, Tyndale's inspired work has a clarity and purity unmatched even by the King James Bible--to which I previously looked for my personal readings, and which is three-quarters Tyndale (the other quarter not necessarily an improvement). In my career, on the other hand, I make my living from language and have gone again and again to the cadences and powerful forms of the Authorized Version--now I will go directly to Tyndale, and regret only that it took me half my life to read his rendering. His language shaped our own, down to the present day, just as his passion for the Word shaped our religious practice. There is no finer source for the study of English as we write it and revere it. This is, at the risk of too secular a characterization, the ultimate writer's handbook. Tyndale was martyred for his belief--for his words--and this reprint, with updated spelling, makes his most important work widely available again. Even for those for whom religion has no place in their lives, this is a work of surpassing literary beauty. It is a book of multiple glories. As a minimum, it is the most beautiful book of poetry in the English language.

A Wonderful book for anyone studying the English Bible.

An Excellent reprint of the timeless New Testament that formed the basis for the King James Version, truly a rare piece of Bible history, William Tyndale was the first to print an English Bible. A Wonderful book for anyone studying the English Bible. Not for Bible study that requires flipping to verses, as it was translated in 1534, it has no verses, the Bible was not split into verses until the Geneva Bible of 1599.