Looking Into the English Bible Translations and History -- A Comprehensive Study of the Bible From 404 AD to 1611 and Beyond

KENNESAW, Ga., Feb. 20, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The study of the translations of the Bible into English is the study of the history of the English Church. Different people made numerous English translations of the Bible thus The English Bible Translations and History, Millennium Edition by John C. Greider is made.

The English Bible Translations and History, Millennium Edition, is a meticulously researched study and richly detailed account of the translations of the Bible from the time of Jerome (404 A.D) to the publication of the Authorized Version in 1611. This book covers the Reformation of England, the reigns of King Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth, and legislation during this time (1534-1662) frame. It is also a study (604-1750) of the historical, political, and the theological problems relating to Rome, the popes, councils, changes in England and Europe, and the rise of the Protestants and the Non-Conformists (1382-1517). Many problems relating to the translations of the Bible into English, and Doctrines of the Roman Church, are also discussed in this book. Related Bible translations, problems, and history are also discussed in this work. This study also explains the Inquisition (1184), the Great Schism of the Catholic Church (1309-1417), the Index (1557), the rise (1382-1689) of the Reformers, St. Bartholomew Day's Massacre (1572), the printing of various Bibles (1526-1750) in English for Catholics and Protestants and movements in education and reform in England. The Reformers (1382-1611) faced many theological and political problems in trying to bring vernacular translations of the Scriptures to church members; this study explains many of these theological and historical problems.

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About the Author

Dr. John C. Greider received his BA degree from the University of Georgia, MA degree from George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, BD degree from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, and his Ph.D. degree in England from the University of Liverpool. He studied Classical Languages and Literature for two years in Germany at the University of Heidelberg, and an additional year on a Fulbright Scholarship in Greece at the University of Thessalonica. He is a Professor of English, Chairman, Division of Humanities, and an Emeritus Professor of English at Kennesaw State University. Dr. John C. Greider is a Southern Baptist.

        The English Bible Translations and History * by John C. Greider
                             Millennium Edition
                    Publication Date: October 15, 2008
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