<P> The Tyndale Bible generally refers to the body of biblical translations by William Tyndale (c. 1494--1536). Tyndale's Bible is credited with being the first English translation to work directly from Hebrew and Greek texts . Furthermore, it was the first English biblical translation that was mass - produced as a result of new advances in the art of printing . </P> <P> The term Tyndale's Bible is not strictly correct, because Tyndale never published a complete Bible . That task was completed by Miles Coverdale who supplemented Tyndale's translations with his own to produce the first complete printed bible in English in 1535 . Prior to his execution Tyndale had only finished translating the entire New Testament and roughly half of the Old Testament . Of the latter, the Pentateuch, Jonah and a revised version of the book of Genesis were published during his lifetime . His other Old Testament works were first used in the creation of the Matthew Bible and also heavily influenced every major English translation of the Bible that followed . </P> <P> The chain of events that led to the creation of Tyndale's New Testament possibly began in 1522, the year Tyndale acquired a copy of Martin Luther's German New Testament . Inspired by Luther's work, Tyndale began a translation into English using a Greek text compiled by Erasmus from several manuscripts older than the Latin Vulgate of Jerome (c . AD 340--420), the only translation authorized by the Roman Catholic Church . </P>

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