Bible Translation
Anna Reinhard
A biography of Anna Reinhard, wife of Ulrich Zwingli, whose faith and endurance sustained her family through the hardships of the Swiss Reformation.
Casiodoro de Reina
A short biography of Casiodoro de Reina (c. 1520–1594), monk of San Isidoro del Campo, exile, pastor, and translator of the Bear Bible of 1569, the first complete Spanish Bible from the original languages.
Cipriano de Valera
A short biography of Cipriano de Valera (c. 1531–after 1602), monk of San Isidoro del Campo, exile in England, translator of Calvin’s Institutes, and reviser of the Reina-Valera Bible of 1602.
Cuthbert Tunstall
The scholarly Bishop of London who turned Tyndale away, then bought up and burned his New Testaments.
Humphrey Monmouth
Humphrey Monmouth, the London merchant who sheltered and supported William Tyndale as he translated the New Testament into English.
Introduction to the 1611 Authorized Version
The original dedication of the 1611 King James Bible, in which the translators present their work to King James.
Jerome
The most learned man of the Latin church, whose Vulgate was the Bible of the West for a thousand years.
Mikael Agricola
A short biography of Mikael Agricola (c. 1509–1557), Luther’s student, translator of the Finnish New Testament, first Protestant bishop of Turku, and father of Finnish literature.
Myles Coverdale
Miles Coverdale, who gave the English-speaking world its first complete printed Bible.
Pierre Robert Olivétan
A short biography of Pierre Robert Olivétan (d. 1538), Calvin’s cousin, the first evangelist of Geneva, and translator of the first French Protestant Bible of 1535.
Primož Trubar
A short biography of Primož Trubar (1508–1586), reformer of Carniola and father of the Slovene written language.
Scripture Unsilenced
Five hundred years after the first printed English New Testament (1526): William Tyndale’s consuming conviction, Bibles in bales, the Word before the congregation, the cost, the prayer answered, and our stewardship today.
The Bishops’ Bible
The history, translators, text, reception, and limitations of the Bishops’ Bible of 1568, the official Elizabethan answer to the Geneva Bible.
The Bondage of the Will
An introduction to Martin Luther’s Bondage of the Will, his reply to Erasmus on sin, grace, sovereignty, responsibility, and saving faith.
The Enduring Word: A Call to Stewardship
A reflection on The Enduring Word documentary, God’s providence from William Tyndale to the English Standard Version, and our stewardship of Scripture today.
The Formula of Concord
The Formula of Concord of 1577: the controversies that divided Lutheranism after Luther's death, the road from the Swabian Concord to the Bergen Book, the twelve articles, and the two parts — Epitome and Solid Declaration.
The Latin Vulgate
An appreciation and critical assessment of Jerome’s Latin Vulgate, its medieval authority, and its complex role in Western Christianity.
The Wycliffe Bible
The origins, translation, circulation, revision, and influence of the handwritten Wycliffe Bible, the first complete Bible in English.
Translation of the Bible
Why Scripture must be translated, the choices translators face, major translation philosophies, textual questions, and guidance for choosing a Bible.
Tyndale’s New Testament
The story, Greek sources, theology, language, smuggling, and lasting influence of William Tyndale’s 1526 English New Testament.
William Tyndale
A biography of William Tyndale (1494–1536): the plowboy vow at Little Sodbury, the first printed English New Testament, Bibles in bales, the burning of God’s Word, a bare text, betrayal at Antwerp, Vilvoorde, and the prayer answered.
William Tyndale’s Travels
An interactive chronological map of William Tyndale’s journey from Gloucestershire through exile, Bible translation, and martyrdom at Vilvoorde.
