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7.1 Rocking the Foundations 7.1 Rocking the Foundations
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7.2 Hebrew scholarship and the English Bible 7.2 Hebrew scholarship and the English Bible
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7.3 William Tyndale: the Father of English Hebraists? 7.3 William Tyndale: the Father of English Hebraists?
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7.4 Poetry and Pedantry: Tyndale's Text and the Authorized Version 7.4 Poetry and Pedantry: Tyndale's Text and the Authorized Version
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7.4(a) Male and Female (1:26–28) 7.4(a) Male and Female (1:26–28)
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7.4(b) Man (2:7, 9, 15–17) 7.4(b) Man (2:7, 9, 15–17)
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7.4(c) Woman (2:18–25) 7.4(c) Woman (2:18–25)
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7.4(d) Seeing (3:1–13) 7.4(d) Seeing (3:1–13)
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7.4(e) Consequences (3:14–24) 7.4(e) Consequences (3:14–24)
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7.4(f) Generation (4:1–2, 17, 25) 7.4(f) Generation (4:1–2, 17, 25)
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7.5 A Bible in English – Concluding Remarks 7.5 A Bible in English – Concluding Remarks
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7 An English Bible or a Bible in English? William Tyndale, Hebrew Scholarship and the Authorized Version
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Published:October 2011
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Chapter Extract: Early Modern Europe saw a rapidly increasing interest in and an unprecedented pursuit of the sensus literalis of the Hebrew Bible. His exile in Europe, due to his translation of the New Testament that so angered Thomas More, exposed Tyndale to this revival of interest. His importance to this study is the extent to which his English translation found its way into the Authorized Version, bequeathing us a truly idiomatic vernacular Bible. The Authorized Version itself, by contrast, owes everything to the Hebrew text. Careful comparison with Tyndale' translation reveals a return from occasional paraphrase to a rendering that is as literal as can be. In Genesis 3:16, for example, we see a return to the Hebrew allusion to the woman' desire for her husband. Where Tyndale gives us an English Bible, the Authorised Version translators' offering is a Hebrew Bible — in English.
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