The Holy Scriptures Faithfully and Truly Translated (Coverdale Bible)

by Myles Coverdale

Publisher:

Samuel Bagster

, 1838

Overview

The Coverdale Bible, translated into English by Myles Coverdale, was the first complete Bible translated into English. It was also the first English Bible to have the full approval from the Crown to be published. Finished and printed in 1535, the Coverdale Bible stands as a landmark in the history of the English Bible.

Product Details

• Title: The Holy Scriptures, Faithfully and Truly Translated
• Author: Myles Coverdale
• Publisher: Samuel Bagster
• Print Publication Date: 1838
• Logos Release Date: 2016
• Era: era:reformation
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible › English
• Resource ID: LLS:HLYSCRIPCDALE
• Resource Type: Bible
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:59:30Z

About Myles Coverdale

Myles Coverdale(1488—1569) was educated at Cambridge and known for his work in translating the Bible into the English vernacular, producing the first complete Bible in English in 1535. He became bishop of Exeter in 1551, but fled during the Reformation. Coverdale spent time living and working in Germany, Switzerland, and Denmark before settling in London as the rector of St. Magnus.