The Works of William Tyndale, vol. 2

by William Tyndale

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press

, 1849

Overview

William Tyndale’s English translation of the Bible (the Tyndale Bible) was the first complete English Bible to be translated directly from the Greek and Hebrew texts. With the timely invention of the printing press, the Tyndale Bible was also the first mass produced English Bible, making Scripture accessible to commoners for the first time in history. Tyndale’s literary skill in translation gave rise to early modern English and left an indelible mark on the language that can still be seen today in well-known phrases like “in the twinkling of an eye” and “the powers that be.” In the end, Tyndale paid for this great legacy with his life. He is memorialized in Foxe’s Book of Martyrs as the man “who, for his notable pains and travail, may be worthily called an apostle of England.”

The Works of William Tyndale, vol. 2 includes Tyndale’s expositions of the Gospels of Matthew and John, his exegetical notes on Matthew 1–21, and his The Practice of the Prelates, in which he denounced Henry VIII’s divorce from Catherine of Aragon to Mary Anne Boleyn.

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Key Features

• Presents Tyndale’s exegetical notes on Matthew 1–21
• Includes carefully edited texts with marginal notes and introductions
• Provides scripture and general indexes for easy reference

Product Details

• Title: Expositions and Notes on Sundry Portions of the Holy Scriptures, Together with the Practice of Prelates
• Author: William Tyndale
• Series: The Works of William Tyndale
• Volume: 1
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Print Publication Date: 1849
• Logos Release Date: 2013
• Pages: 344
• Era: era:reformation
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible. N.T. › Commentaries--Early works to 1800; Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547 › Divorce; Divorce (Canon law) › Early works to 1800
• Resource ID: LLS:THWWLLTND02
• Resource Type: text.monograph.collected-work
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T06:21:50Z

About William Tyndale

William Tyndale (1494–1536) was an English biblical scholar and foundational figure leading up to the Reformation. Tyndale was educated at Oxford and Cambridge and developed a reputation as a gifted linguist, fluent in French, Greek, Hebrew, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish. Influenced by Erasmus and Luther, he translated the New Testament and the Pentateuch from Greek and Hebrew into English—against the wishes of the Roman Catholic Church. Betrayed to the authorities, Tyndale was condemned as a heretic and burned alive in 1536.