The Bible

Tyndale’s New Testaments were bought up by Church authorities and thrown into the flames; those who kept a copy faced punishment. Why was a book proclaimed as God’s word kept from English readers?

Writing in the late nineteenth century, Charles Bradlaugh begins his examination of the Old Testament not with its sacred stories but with the history of its books, languages and translations. He traces the English Bible through Wycliffe and Tyndale to the authorised version, recalling the dangers faced by translators and readers alike. Bradlaugh challenges the claim that scripture was freely offered to the people, and asks what might be found when readers examine its origins and words for themselves. If the Bible’s transmission was so fraught, what does that mean for the authority of the text?

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