William Tyndale: Translator of the English Scriptures

William Tyndale (c. 1494-1536), scholar, linguist, and reformer, transformed the English-speaking world by giving Scripture to the common people. At a time when the Bible was withheld, he resolved that even the ploughboy should read the Word of God for himself. Educated at Oxford and Cambridge, and fluent in Greek and Hebrew, Tyndale translated the New Testament directly from the original texts. Printed in 1526 and smuggled into England, his work was condemned, burned, and outlawed. Betraye...