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Tyndale Society Journal (ISSN 1357-4167)
Editor Valerie Offord M.A. Cantab
Most back issues are available. £2 +P&P
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The New Testament 1526
Translated by William Tyndale
Transcription by William Cooper
Introduction by David Daniell
The publication in 1526 of a modestly-priced pocket edition of the New
Testament in English was arguably the most important single event in the history
of the English Reformation. This new edition is the first complete reprint of
William Tyndale’s pioneering translation of the New Testament from Greek into
English. Not much larger in format than the original edition, it presents Tyndale’s
words in the original spelling. It has been transcribed and edited by Dr W. R.
Cooper, and has an introduction by Professor David Daniell.
British Library Publications * Hardback * 2000 * ISBN: 0-7123-4664-3 * £15.00 (US$22.50)
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The Wycliffe New Testament 1388
Edited by William Cooper
An Edition in modern English language.
John Wycliffe’s preaching and writing inspired the translating of the Bible from the
Latin Vulgate into English, and the impact of the translation was so great that a law
was passed condemning anyone caught reading it to be burned alive as a heretic.
Despite such resistance, the Wycliffe Bible was read by thousands, and even after
the advent of printing and the arrival of Tyndale’s New Testament, handwritten
copies of Wycliffe’s Bible were still cherished and read. For the first time in over
600 years, the Wycliffe New Testament has been produced in modern English
language by one of our members, Bill Cooper, also the editor of the recent edition
of Tyndale’s 1526 New Testament, published in 2000.
British Library Publications * Hardback * 2002 * ISBN:0-7123-4728-3
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The Obedience of a Christian Man
William Tyndale
Editor: David Daniell
Tyndale’s vigorous direct English was substantially incorporated into the
Authorized Version of 1611, and it made the New Testament available for the
first time – in Tyndale’s famous determination – even to the ‘boy that driveth the
plough’. The Obedience of a Christian Man (1528) boldly develops the argument
that ordinary believers should take their spiritual sustenance direct from Scripture,
without the intervention of (often worldly and corrupt) popes and prelates. Its
vivid discussion of sacraments and false signs, the duties of rulers and ruled, and
valid and invalid readings of the Bible, makes the book a landmark in both political
and religious thinking. This fine example of English prose also raises, even today,
some powerful questions about the true challenge of living a Christian life.
Penguin Classic * Paperback * 2000 * ISBN: 0140434771 * £8.99 (US$13.50)
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William Tyndale, A Biography
David Daniell
This important book, published in the quincentenary year of his birth, is the
first major biography of Tyndale in sixty years. It traces the dramatic life of
William Tyndale and discusses the profound religious, literary, intellectual, and
social implications of his immense achievement.
“A massive contribution to the history of the Reformation in England. It is
novel and important in its focus upon the language of the English scriptures
in the formative period and in its long-range perspective.”
J. Enoch Powell,
Times Higher Education Supplement. Paperback version now available!
Yale University Press * Hardback * 1994 * ISBN 0-300-06132-3 * £25.00 (US$37.50)
Yale University Press * Paperback * 2001 * ISBN 0-300-06880-8 * £8.99 (US$13.50)
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‘Poems on the Underground’ Posters
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London tube, you might like to have one of these colourful posters of your own.
They are a bargain at only £1.50 (US$2.25) + P&P.
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print. All sizes are £8.00 (US$12.00) + P&P.
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Valerie Kemp, Tyndale Society, Hertford College, Oxford, OX1 3BW.
valerie.kemp@hertford.ox.ac.uk?Subject=Tyndale Society order