William Tyndale: A Biography.(Brief Article)

The Historian | January 1, 1996| | Copyright

This book is a biography in the sense that encomium was a form of life-writing in the Renaissance. Sometimes, to judge from the large tracts of background information, aimed at a general audience, sometimes intended for professionals, the book's point is nevertheless plain: William Tyndale was a great translator, ranking with William Shakespeare in his achievement and contribution to the development of English. Most of the book is taken up with making this case through a careful reading of Tyndale's translations of the Bible from Greek and Hebrew. Otherwise, there is not much ...

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