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Myles Coverdale, first name also spelt Miles (1488 – 20 January 1569), was an English ecclesiastical reformer chiefly known as a Bible translator, preacher and, briefly, Bishop of Exeter (1551–1553). [2] In 1535, Coverdale produced the first complete printed translation of the Bible into English. [3]
Miles Coverdale (born 1488?, York, Yorkshire [now in North Yorkshire], Eng.—died Jan. 20, 1569, London) was the bishop of Exeter, Eng., who translated (rather freely; he was inexpert in Latin and Greek) the first printed English Bible.
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This article from the Bible Manuscript Society provides the history and background of Myles (Miles) Coverdale's 1535 translation of the Bible into English.
Mar 14, 2024 · Learn about the life and work of Myles Coverdale, a key figure in the English Reformation and the first to complete the English Bible. He assisted William Tyndale, translated Luther's hymns, and influenced the Geneva Bible.
The Coverdale Bible, compiled by Myles Coverdale and published in 1535, was the first complete Modern English translation of the Bible (not just the Old, or New Testament), and the first complete printed translation into English (cf. Wycliffe's Bible in manuscript).
Apr 22, 2022 · A biography of Myles Coverdale, one of the most important English reformers, by Geoffrey Main. Learn how Coverdale recovered the gospel, faced exile, poverty, and danger, and translated the first English Bible.
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On October 4, 1535, the first complete English Bible, the work of Miles Coverdale, came off the press either in Zürich or in Cologne. The edition was soon exhausted. A second impression appeared in the same year and a third in 1536.
