the bible was first completely translated in english in the late 7th century.
the bible was first completely translated in english in the late 7th century.
when was the bible first completely translated in english?
the late 7th century
the churches of the protestant reformation translated the greek of the textus receptus to produce vernacular bibles, such as the german luther bible (1522), the polish brest bible (1563), the spanish "biblia del oso" (in english: bible of the bear, 1569) which later became the reina-valera bible upon its first revision in 1602, the czech melantrich bible (1549) and bible of kralice (1579-1593) and numerous english translations of the bible. tyndale's new testament translation (1526, revised in 1534, 1535 and 1536) and his translation of the pentateuch (1530, 1534) and the book of jonah were met with heavy sanctions given the widespread belief that tyndale "changed" the bible as he attempted to translate it. tyndale's unfinished work, cut short by his execution, was supplemented by myles coverdale and published under a pseudonym to create the matthew bible, the first complete english translation of the bible. attempts at an "authoritative" english bible for the church of england would include the great bible of 1538 (also relying on coverdale's work), the bishops' bible of 1568, and the authorized version (the king james version) of 1611, the last of which would become a standard for english speaking christians for several centuries.
bible translations
except some 70 years of great moravia in the early medieval era, until the 20th century the peoples in the basins of upper elbe, morava, váh, nitra and hornad have never lived in a common state. throughout ages they were gradually developing various and not necessarily conflicting identities, like czechs, bohemians, moravians, slavs, slovaks, , czechoslavs, hungaroslavs and other, also hybrid concepts. these identities might have been constructed along dynastic, ethnic, cultural, religious or territorial lines and might have been embraced by various groupings, from few intellectuals to large rural masses. the current which emphasized some sort of general commonality between slavic people living west and east of the white carpathians was based on language. in the late 16th century the bible was first completely translated into czech and its vernacular version came to be known as "bible of kralice". in the early 17th century "bible kralická" and its linguistic standard, later known as , was accepted for religious use in protestant slavic communities both west and east of the white carpathians.
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