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Coverdale Bible

Type Object Region England Time 1535

The first complete printed English Bible, produced in 1535 under Miles Coverdale, translated mainly from indirect sources such as Luther's German Bib…

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  1. c. 1534–1535Continental Europe (exile publishing circles) · Holy Roman EmpireCoverdale completed the full English translation of the Old and New Testaments within the Reformed exile publishing network, drawing the text mainly indirectly from German and Latin Bibles rather than directly from the Hebrew and Greek originals.
  2. 1535England · EnglandThe 1535 first edition was printed in folio format, becoming the first complete printed English Bible; it reached England through secret or semi-open channels, meeting reformist readers' demand for a vernacular Bible.

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