The Murderous History of Bible Translations: Power, Conflict, and the Quest for Meaning by Harry Freedman

The Murderous History of Bible Translations: Power, Conflict, and the Quest for Meaning

Harry Freedman

248 pages • 2016

3 editions

nonfiction history religion challenging informative slow-paced
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In 1535, William Tyndale, the first man to produce an English version of the Bible in print, was captured and imprisoned in Belgium. A year later he was strangled and then burned at the stake. His co-translator was also burned. In that same year t...

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