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In 1535 Miles Coverdale published the first complete English Bible in print, the Coverdale Bible.

Since Coverdale was not proficient in Hebrew or Greek, he used 'five Soundry interpreters' in Latin, English and 'Douche' (German) as source text.

He made use of Willaim Tyndale's translation of the New Testament (following Tyndale's November 1534 Antwerp edition) and of those books which were translated by Tyndale: the Pentateuch and the book of Jonah.

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Who printed the first English Bible?

The Geneva Bible


Who first printed the bible in the English and when did they do this?

In 1525-1526 William Tyndal printed the first New Testament in English,


When was the Bible first printed?

The earliest bibles - indeed all books - were written by hand, the first printed bible was the Guttenberg Bible, printed in 1454 or 1455.


What was the first Bible translation?

the first translation was in English while the first bible printed was called guttenbergs bible.


What year was the bible first printed in English and by whom?

Miles Coverdale 1535


Is King James the first version of the bible?

The first printed Bible was the Gutenberg Bible, printed in 1456.


What are the first seven bibles printed in English?

As early as the fourteenth century, there were a number of hand-written translations of various parts of the Bible. Johann Gutenberg invented the printing press in the 1450s, so there were no printed bibles prior to that time. Myles Coverdale printed the first complete English bible on 4 October 1535. John Rogers, using the pseudonym "Thomas Matthew," printed the second English bible in 1537, now known as the Matthew-Tyndale Bible. In 1539, Myles Coverdale published the third English bible, and the first one authorized by the English church for public use. It was known as "The Great Bible," because of its size. In 1560, the Geneva Bible became the fourth bible printed in English. In 1568, the Bishop's Bible, a revised version of the Great Bible, was published, making it the fifth bible printed in English. In 1609, the Douai/Rheims Bible was published, combining the Old Testament translation produced at Douai, France, with the New Testatment translation produced at Rheims. Finally, in 1611, the seventh English-language bible was published. Since its creation had been authorized by King James I, it is known as "The 1611 King James Bible."


What is the 3 original languages from which the Bible was translated?

One thought:I can provide a partial answer...The Bible was written originally in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek, and there were already many handwritten copies in these languages and certain Egyptian dialects in existence by the 3rd century. The Wycliffe Bible in 1380 was the first complete handwritten Bible in the English . The first printed Bible, the Gutenberg Bible, came out in 1456, in Latin.


Which one is the first bible?

The first printed Bible was the Gutenberg Bible. (It wasn't printed in English.) I personally use the King James Version. If you want to get extremely technical, the original text for all Bibles comes from mainly the original Greek and Hebrew writings.


Which language was the Gutenberg Bible printed in?

The Gutenberg Bible was printed in Latin.More Information:The Gutenberg Bible was an edition of the Latin Vulgate (which means it was printed in Latin) and was printed before the Protestant Reformation, meaning it was printed before English Bibles.


What was the second book printed in English?

The second book printed in English was "The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye" by William Caxton, printed in 1473.


What year did the Bible come out in English?

The first English language version of the complete bible was a hand-written edition produced in the 1380s by John Wycliffe.William Tyndale produced the first printed English edition of the New Testament in 1526Myles Coverdale translated the Old Testament, and in 1535 the first complete printed English Bible was produced. It is known as the Coverdale Bible.In 1539 King Henry VIII requested that en English bible be published for public use. the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, hired Myles Coverdale to publish it and it became known as the Great Bible.