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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).
Later folio and quarto editions of the Coverdale Bible were published in 1539, and were the first complete Bibles not just in English, but actually printed in England. The 1539 folio edition carried the royal licence and was therefore the first officially approved Bible translation in English.
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]
Aug 16, 2024 · 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.
The Coverdale Bible was reprinted twice in 1537, once in 1550, and again in 1553. It was never fully sanctioned by either Church or State. But, as the first almost-legal English Bible, it became highly important — many of its translations being included in the great King James Bible 75 years later.
Sep 10, 2012 · 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 Testament or New Testament), and the first complete printed translation into English.
Dedicated to the king with a title page that shows him handing the Bible down to his church and court officials, the Coverdale Bible earned the king’s verbal consent: “If there be no heresies, then in God’s name, let it go abroad among our people.”
