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In which year miles Coverdale translated The old testament of the bible?

Options

A

1533

B

1534

C

1535

D

1536

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Correct Answer :

Option C

1535

Solution :

The correct option is 1535.

Miles Coverdale (1488–1569) was a prominent English reformer and Bible translator. In 1535, he published the first complete printed translation of the Bible in English, commonly known as the Coverdale Bible, which included the Old Testament.
Unlike William Tyndale, whose earlier translation work was cut short by his arrest and execution, Coverdale successfully completed the translation of the entire Bible, incorporating Tyndale's work along with his own translations of the remaining books of the Old Testament.

Since Coverdale was not an expert in Hebrew or Greek, he translated the Old Testament primarily from German and Latin sources, including Martin Luther's German Bible and the Latin Vulgate. The publication of his Bible in 1535 under the patronage of King Henry VIII was a watershed moment that made the entire scriptures accessible in the English vernacular.

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