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The latest edition - Volume 13 Spring 2026 - edition of the Bible Review Journal has a special feature on William Tyndale.
The journal is produced twice a year by the International Society of Bible Collectors (ISBC).
For further information about the Society and its publications, please see their website using the link below.
The annual Tyndale Society Garden Party was held at the farm of our Chairman Emeritus in Buckinghamshire on Saturday 27th June 2026. Old friends and new gathered in the shade by the old barn for a picnic and conversation. Andrew Hope gave us a talk about the Lollards and some of their connections with Tyndale and the Chilterns.
Then we had two songs from a local folk duo, David Darvell and Karen Holt, from near Chesham, who sang about Thomas Harding, the last Lollard martyr. They also gave us a song about the Chilterns. Members of our Facebook group can hear them singing via the link below.
Neil Rees, the Chairman of the Tyndale Society, gave an excellent talk on William Tyndale to the Tewkesbury Theology Forum on Wednesday 24th June. It was an exceptionally hot evening and the talk was held in the Lady Chapel of Tewkesbury Abbey - the coolest spot in Tewkesbury.
His talk focused initially on the details of the life, work and death of William Tyndale, and then expanded to how his translation has affected the English language and Bible translation since. There followed an extended question and answer session where a well-informed audience put him to the test - which he passed magnificently. The Abbey could not have had a better speaker and we give him our heartfelt thanks.
Report by Spencer Instone, Tewkesbury Theology Forum
The Bible Society has put up an information page about William Tyndale and launched a set of educational resources to mark the 500th anniversary of his English New Testament.
There are different resources for primary schools and for secondary school subjects of History and R.E. The PowerPoint presentation and printable worksheets are free to download and could also be used in youth fellowship groups and Sunday School.
To read the article on the Bible Society website, please click on the link below.
To download the educational resources, please click on the link below (also from the Bible Society website).
On Saturday 20th June, friends and members of the Tyndale Society met in London and went on a biblical tour of the British Museum. Our tour was led by a good friend of the Tyndale Society, Dr Hywel Clifford, Lecturer in Old Testament Studies at Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford.
He led us through the Egyptian, Assyrian, Babylonian, and Greek sections of the Museum, seeing items with inscriptions in hieroglyphs and cuneiform, showing us objects and monuments from the biblical era.
Afterwards we walked to the British Library and saw the "Let There Be Light" and "Sacred Texts" exhibition of English Bibles from Wycliffe to the King James Version, including original copies of Tyndale's 1525 Cologne Fragment, his 1526 New Testament and his translation of Erasmus's Enchridion.
It was a hot day but we all learnt a lot and had a great day together.
