The murderous history of Bible translations : power, conflict and the quest for meaning
Freedman, H. (Harry)2016
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In 1535, William Tyndale, the first man to produce an English version of the Bible in print, was captured and imprisoned in Belgium. A year later he was strangled and then burned at the stake. His co-translator was also burned. In that same year the translator of the first Dutch Bible was arrested and beheaded. These were not the first, nor were they the last instances of extreme violence against Bible translators. This book tells the remarkable, and bloody, story of those who dared translate the word of God.
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London : Bloomsbury, 2016.London : Bloomsbury, 2016.
Collation:
248 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781472921673 (hbk)
Dewey class:
220.4
Language:
English
BRN:
1550785