User:TeleComNasSprVen/Tyndale Bible
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The term Tyndale Bible usually means the biblical translations that William Tyndale did. Not only was Tyndale’s Bible hailed because it was the first version of the Bible to be translated from Hebrew and Greek directly into Englsh, but also because it was the first English biblical translation to be mass produced with the help of the newly invented printing press. The phrase Tyndale's Bible is not correct in a literal sense because Tyndale never sold a fully translated Bible. Before he was executed, he had only translated the New Testament and about half of the Old Testament.[1] During his work, the Pentateuch, Jonah and a different version of the book of Genesis were sold, all of which came from the Old Testament. His book served as a major influence to the Matthew Bible and other biblical translations from England.[2]