Tyndale Bible

The Tyndale Bible generally refers to the body of biblical translations by the English Biblical scholar and linguist William Tyndale, made in c. 1522–1535. Tyndale's biblical text is credited with being the first English-language Biblical translation to work directly from Greek and, for the Pentateuch, Hebrew texts. The Vulgate and German Bibles were also used. It was the first English Biblical translation that was mass produced as a result of new advances in the art of printing. Tyndale never published a complete Bible in English. He translated the New Testament, the Pentateuch, and produced a now lost translation of the historical books of the Old Testament. Of these, the Pentateuch, the Book of Jonah, and a revised version of the Book of Genesis were all published during his lifetime. His other Old Testament works were used in the creation of the Matthew Bible. The remaining books of the Old Testament were translated by the English ecclesiastical reformer Myles Coverdale. He supplemented Tyndale's translations with his own to produce the first complete printed Bible in English in 1535.