Matthew Bible

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Bible English Bible translation

The Matthew Bible is an early English translation of the Bible, first published in 1537 and largely based on the work of William Tyndale and Myles Coverdale.

Aliases (2)

Matthew’s Bible ×1
Matthew’s Version ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bible → English Bible translation →
alsoKnownAs	Matthew’s Bible → Matthew’s Version →
associatedWithEvent	English Reformation Bible translations →
authorizedBy	Henry VIII →
basedOnWorkOf	Myles Coverdale → William Tyndale →
compiledBy	John Rogers →
compilerPseudonym	Thomas Matthew →
compilerPseudonymUsedBy	John Rogers →
contains	Apocrypha → New Testament → Old Testament →
countryOfOrigin	Kingdom of England →
denominationContext	English Reformation →
editor	John Rogers →
firstPublished	1537 →
followedBy	Bishops’ Bible → Geneva Bible → Great Bible →
genre	religious text →
influenced	Geneva Bible → Great Bible → King James Version →
influencedBy	Lutheran Reformation →
language	English →
legalStatusAtPublication	royal license →
notableFeature	combines Tyndale and Coverdale translations → first complete English Bible printed with royal permission → includes extensive marginal notes → strongly Protestant commentary →
printingLocation	Antwerp → London →
printingTechnology	movable type →
publisher	Edward Whitchurch → Richard Grafton →
religiousTradition	Protestantism →
scriptureSourceLanguages	Greek → Hebrew → Latin →
subject	Christian Bible →
targetAudience	English-speaking laity →
textSourceApocrypha	Myles Coverdale’s Apocrypha translation →
textSourceHistoricalBooks	William Tyndale’s historical books translation →
textSourceNewTestament	William Tyndale’s New Testament translation →
textSourcePentateuch	William Tyndale’s Pentateuch translation →
textSourceRemainingOldTestament	Myles Coverdale’s Old Testament translation →
theologicalOrientation	evangelical →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Matthew Bible ("Matthew’s Version") → Matthew Bible ("Matthew’s Bible") →	alsoKnownAs
John Rogers (martyr) → Thomas Matthew →	notableWork