William Tyndale: A Biography

The Catholic Historical Review | October 1, 1996| | Copyright

William Tyndale: A Biography. By David Daniell. (New Haven: Yale University Press. 1994. Pp. x, 429. $30.00.)

When David Daniell's biography appeared as part of the William Tyndale Quincentenary celebrations (1494-1536), I wondered what else could be said about the first translator of the New Testament and Pentateuch from Greek and Hebrew into English. I had been disappointed by C. H. Williams' 1969 biography, and then wished that the publishers had simply reprinted J. F. Mozley's 1937 biography, which they did in 1971. Although Daniell is not a professional historian, he is a Shakespeare ...

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