The Bible in English From Hebrew and Greek to the Great Bible R o u t e B H i s t o r y A g e 7 - 1 1 The Bible in English
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The Bible in English
From Hebrew and
Greek to the Great
Bible
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They had to translate the Bible from 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.
The beginning of the
gospel of John in Latin
After a while, people stopped speaking Latin but
the Bible was still in Latin and people could not
read it any more.
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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. FW 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 Holofcerner. Photograph by David Cooling
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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 of Tyndale 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.
‘Lord open the King of England’s eyes’
Image from Foxe’s Book of Martyrs
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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 by Hans Holbein the Younger
Great Bibles were often chained. This is a picture of a chained Bible from Cumnor Church Oxfordshire
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