The Murderous History of Bible Translations: Power, Conflict and the Quest for Meaning

by Harry Freedman

Harry Freedman, author of The Talmud: A Biography, recounts the fascinating and bloody history of the Bible.

In 1535, William Tyndale, the first man to produce an English version of the Bible in print, was captured and imprisoned in Belgium. A year later he was strangled and then burned at the stake. His co-translator was also burned. In that same year the translator of the first Dutch Bible was arrested and beheaded. These...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1632866013
• ISBN13: 9781632866011
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"