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issued in i525. It was tlie first Englisli translation made from the 

 Greek, and it became tlie basis of all subsequent ones. It was also the 

 first part of the Scrii)tures printed in the English language. In 1530 

 the translation of the Pentateuch was issued. His English style was 

 very good and was largely retained in the Authorized version. His 

 translation was condemned by the English bishops, and was ordered to 

 be burned. Tyndale was strangled for heresy at Antwerp in 153G, and 

 his body burned. 



The Gothic and Anglo-Saxon Gospels, with the versions of 

 Wyclifie and Tyndale. Arranged by Rev. Joseph Bosworth, London, 

 18G5. — The Gothic version was made in the fourth century by Bishop 

 Ulfilas, born 318 A. D., died about 381. It is said to have been a com- 

 plete version, with the excei)tion of the Book of Kings. It was proba- 

 bly completed about 360 A. D. Only fragments are preserved in the 

 so called Codex Argenteus, or ''Silver Book," in the library of the Uni- 

 versity of Upsala, Sweden. The Anglo-Saxon version was begun by 

 King Alfred, who translated the Psalms in the ninth century. The 

 translation now extant dates to the tenth century." 



Coveruale's Bible. Reprint by Baxter, 1838. — Miles Ooverdale 

 was born at Coverham, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, 1488. He 

 died at Geneva in 15(i9. His Bible was issued October 4, 1535, being 

 the first complete Bible printed in the English language. It was not 

 translated from theoriginal tongues, but was based chiefly on the Latin 

 version and on Luther's Bible. It was undertaken at the wish of Thomas 

 Cromwell, Earl of Essex, and dedicated to Henry VIII. 



The Genevan Version. Folio edition, printed at London, 1597. — 

 This translation was made by English exiles during the reign of Mary, 

 who took up their residence at Geneva. William Whittingham acted 

 as editor, and his assistants were Thomas Cole, Christopher Goodman, 

 Anthony Gilby, Thomas Sampson, and Bishop Coverdale. Some add 

 John Knox, John Bodleigh, and John Pullain, and state that the trans- 

 lators consulted Calvin and Beza. The first edition was printed at 

 Geneva in 15G0. It was printed at the expense of John Bodley, father 

 of the founder of the Bodleian Library in Oxford. It was the most pop- 

 ular Bible until superseded by the Authorized version, and was that 

 biought to America by the Pilgrim Fathers. Thedivision of chapters into 

 verses, which had been introduced by Whittingham, from Stephauus's 

 edition of 1551, was here for the first time adopted for the English Bible. 

 The text of the Bible is accompanied by explanatory comments on the 

 margin. It is sometimes called the "Breeches" Bible because of the 

 substitution in Genesis iii, 7, of the rendering "breeches" for "aprons" 

 of the other Englisli version. 



King James or Authorized Version. Folio edition, printed at 

 London by Robert Barker, 1613. — The preparation of a new English 

 Bible was decided upon at a conference held at Hampton Court January 



For Wycliffe's and Tyndale's translations see above. 



