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The English Puritan Miles Coverdale (1488-1569) was the first to translate the complete Bible into English.Miles Coverdale was a Yorkshireman of whose early education nothing is known. He joined the A...
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Miles Coverdale's translation of the Bible (the first complete English version to be published) placed him at the nexus of religious reform, politics, and English literature. As a Bible translator, Pr...
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In the following essay, originally published in 1846, Pearson offers an overview of Coverdale's life and works, focusing on his involvement with the Reformation.
The early history of eminent pe...
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In the following excerpt, Fry examines Coverdale's 1535 translation of the Bible, using textual details in an attempt to resolve questions regarding the publication and revision history of the ...
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In the first excerpt which follows, Westcott considers the textual history of both the Coverdale Bible of 1535 and the Great Bible, analyzing the creation of the works and the garnering of official ro...
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In following essay, Guppy provides a detailed discussion of Coverdale's life and his translations of the 1535 Bible and the Great Bible, focusing on the textual history of different versions an...
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In the excerpt that follows, May discusses Coverdale's influence on the origins and development of the King James Bible.
Translation in the Tradition
The later authorized versions of the Bible ...
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In the following essays, Mozley discusses the nature of Coverdale's Bibles, how they were translated, printed and published, how their content and textual history relate to the cultural climate...
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In the following essay, Hughes considers Coverdale's role as a religious reformer and in this context examines his lesser-known works of translation, as well as his original compositions.
The n...
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In following essay, Hammond discusses Coverdale's 1535 Bible and Great Bible, comparing them with each other and the Authorized Version of the Bible.
But to saye the trueth before God, it was n...
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In the following excerpt, Leaver examines Coverdale's collections of hymns, Goostly psalmes, the first book of hymns in English. Leaver considers how the hymns were received by his contemporari...
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Miles Coverdale
Miles Coverdale
Critical Essay by George Pearson
