1 November 2004

William Tyndale, his Bible, and Tyndale House's 60th Year

We recently celebrated 60 years at Tyndale House, with a day conference
about William Tyndale and his Bible, as well as our own history.
David Daniell gave an entertaining and informative account based on his
acclaimed biography of William Tyndale. To see and hear some of the day
go to http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Tyndale/Tour/Aerial.htm and click on
"60th Anniversary". If you can't hear the talks, we'll gladly send a CD.
More about William Tyndale and the history of the English Bible:

1) History of translating the English Bible
2) History of William Tyndale and his Bible
3) Copies of Tyndale's Bible on the Web
4) Tyndale's other writings on the Web


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1) History of translating the English Bible
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Diagram of translations from LXX through Tyndale to modern English
(Looks better printed than in a browser. Set the printer to Landscape)
http://www.threetwoone.org/diagrams/bible-editions-timeline.gif
Wikipedia encyclopaedia article
- Protestant viewpoint with 'corrections' and useful side articles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_English_Bible
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia article
- detailed Protestant viewpoint
http://bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/ISBE/ID/3101
1913 Catholic Encyclopedia
- a useful scholarly account with a different viewpoint
http://cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/catholic/scriptures/articles.htm
Bible-Researcher - detailed timeline with links to useful articles
http://www.bible-researcher.com/history2.html
History of the Bible exhibition at Los Angeles University Cathedral
- a detailed illustrated tour of Dr. Gene Scott's collection
http://www.drgenescott.com/bibintro.htm


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2) History of William Tyndale and his Bible
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Short Life of William Tyndale
http://www.tyndale.org/DeCoursey/life.html
Tyndale History Timeline
http://www.williamtyndale.com/0reformationtimeline.htm
Tyndale - Encyclopedia Britannica (1911)
http://www.bible-researcher.com/tyndale5.html
Detailed Biography by Herbert Samworth
http://www.solagroup.org/articles/historyofthebible/hotb_0004.html
Detailed biography by Jules Grisham
http://www.thirdmill.org/files/english/html/ch/CH.h.Grisham.Tyndale.1.html
The Tyndale Society - lots more information, publications and links
http://www.tyndale.org/


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3) Copies of Tyndale's Bible on the Web
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There are very few 'real' Tyndale Bibles left in the world:
Gold Room: Real Tyndale Bibles for sale? Treasures nevertheless.
http://www.greatsite.com/ancient-rare-bibles-books/gold.html
British Library copy of Tyndale's 1525 NT (one of only two surviving)
http://www.bl.uk/collections/treasures/tyndale.html

Tyndale's original-spelling text has recently become available, free.
You can get it for a few programs. Others will probably follow soon.
The Sword Project for PC, Mac & Linux:
http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModDisp.jsp?modType=Bibles
BiblePlus & UniBible for Palm
http://www.freewarepalm.com/religion/williamtyndalebible(biblereader).shtml
http://unbound.biola.edu/unibible/downloads.cfm


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4) Tyndale's other writings on the Web
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A Compendious Introduction to Romans - nowhere on the Web
A Treatise of the Paternoster - nowhere on the Web
The Testament of William Tracy - nowhere on the Web
A Brief Declaration of the Sacraments - full text at:
http://www.williamtyndale.com/0sacraments.htm
The Parable of the Wicked Mammon - full text at:
http://www.maranathamedia.com.au/Download/Books/The%20Parable%20of%20the%20Wicked%20Mammon.pdf
A Pathway to Holy Scripture - full text at:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0415969697/ref=sib_rdr_ref/104-7764235-8043134?%5Fencoding=UTF8&keywords=Pathway%20to%20the%20holy%20scripture&v=search-inside
The previous text uses Amazon Search Inside, which requires that you
apply for a free Amazon ID but you don't have to buy anything or get
advertising emails. The following come from the same publication:
The Practice of Prelates - substantial excerpts at:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0415969697/104-7764235-8043134?v=search-inside&keywords=Practice%20of%20Prelates
The Obedience of a Christian Man - substantial excerpts at:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0415969697/104-7764235-8043134?v=search-inside&keywords=obedience%20of%20a%20Christian%20man
An Answer unto Sir Thomas More's Dialogue - substantial excerpts at:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0415969697/104-7764235-8043134?v=search-inside&keywords=Answer%20unto%20Sir%20Thomas
An Exposition of I John - substantial excerpts at:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0415969697/104-7764235-8043134?v=search-inside&keywords=exposition%20upon%20John
An Exposition upon V, VI, VII Matthew - substantial excerpts at:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0415969697/104-7764235-8043134?v=search-inside&keywords=exposition%20upon%20Matthew



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