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The Bible in English
From Hebrew and Greek to the
Great Bible
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The Bible was originally in Hebrew and Greek.
Creating a Bible in English involved being able to
read Hebrew and Greek.
Hebrew writing looks like this:
Greek writing looks like this:
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In the 5th century the Bible was translated into
Latin which was a language many people
spoke.
After a while people stopped speaking Latin,
but the Bible was still in Latin and people
could not read it any more.
The beginning of the gospel of John in Latin
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In the 10th century parts of the Bible were
translated into Old English. Can you work out
what this says? Roll over the text to hear it.
John 3:16
God lufode middaneard swa þæt he sealde
his ancennedan Sunu, þæt nan ne forwurðe
þe on hine gelyfð, ac hæbbe þæt ece lif.
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Before printing, books were expensive as they
had to be written by hand.
Not many people could read. There were few
schools as most children had to work.
Illuminated manuscript 15th century
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John Wycliffe and his friends
translated the Bible into
English between 1382-
1395. The Bibles had to be
written by hand so there
were very few of them.
It was against the law to
translate the Bible into
English.
Wycliffe giving ‘The poor priests’ a copy of his translation. F W Yeames
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Printing came to Britain in 1476 and books
became cheaper.
There was no printed Bible in English. It was still
against the law.
Caxton showing the First Specimen of His Printing to King Edward IV at the Almonry, Westminster. By Daniel Maclise
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William Tyndale (1494-1536) was a Christian
scholar who spoke seven languages, including
Greek and Hebrew. As a Christian he believed the
Bible was inspired by God and it was important
that ordinary Christians should be able to read it.
Statue by Laurence Holofcener. Photograph by David Cooling.www.holofcener.com
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Tyndale went into hiding in Germany. He
translated the New Testament into English by
1525 and some of the Old Testament by 1535.
The Bibles had to be smuggled into England.
Image from Foxe’s Book of Martyrs
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Tyndale was caught and put in prison. When he
died he prayed that King Henry would change his
mind and let people have the Bible in English.
Image from Foxe’s Book of Martyrs
‘Lord open the King of England’s eyes’
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The King, Henry VIII, did
change his mind.
In 1539 Henry had a ‘Great
Bible’ published in English. It
was placed in every church.
Those who could read, read out
loud to others.
This Great Bible used Tyndale’s
work.
Henry VIII after Hans Holbein the Younger
Great Bibles were often chained. A chained Bible from Cumnor Church Oxfordshire