Translating the Bible

Translating the Bible: from William Tyndale to King James by Gerald Bray

What motivated the men who gave us our Bible in English? Much of the answer lies in the turbulent religious history of the era, but there are clues which can be found in the prefaces published with each new edition.

This collection of the prefaces to the main translations of the Bible into English between 1525 and 1611 has been prepared to coincide with the four-hundredth anniversary of the fi rst edition of the Authorised or King James Version.

An introductory chapter delineates the key events, and this is followed by each of the texts, with notes indicating the sources of the various quotations and allusions.

This collection therefore provides the historical and theological ancestry of a much loved translation, and readers can hardly fail to be challenged by the spiritual concerns of the translators.

Gerald Bray is director of research for the Latimer Trust and research professor at Beeson Divinity School, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

First Published 2010: 244 pages

EAN: 9780946307753

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Other booklets by the same author:

LS16 Language & Liturgy

LS18 Sacraments and Ministry in Ecumenical Perspective

LS32 A Christian Theological Language

LS58 The Oath of Canonical Obedience

LS67 Heresy, Schism and Apostasy

FWC The Faith We Confess: An exposition of the 39 Articles

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