Hine, I.C. orcid.org/0000-0002-9280-5871 (2020) Modeled on Zürich : a fresh study of Miles Coverdale's 1535 Bible. Reformation, 25 (1). pp. 18-46. ISSN 1357-4175
Abstract
In the preliminaries of his 1535 Bible, Miles Coverdale (1488–1569) openly declared his dependence on five sundry sources. The challenge of identifying all five has obscured the strong and unique relationship between Coverdale's text and the bibles produced at Zürich. Findings from a systematic study of the book of Ruth combine with observations on the Coverdale Bible as a whole, to provide irrefutable evidence that the 1534 Zürich Bible had a unique position among Coverdale's sources. Reading Coverdale alongside an informed selection of contemporary versions sheds fresh light on factors at work in the translator's decision process – including theological, political and social interests. The centrality of Zürich as a model prompts speculation about the relationship between English reformers and the Zürich church in the mid-1530s, with import also for Henry VIII's “Great Matter.”
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 The Tyndale Society. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Reformation. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Bible translation; English reformation; German; Zürich; Miles Coverdale |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > School of English (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 23 Jun 2020 08:36 |
Last Modified: | 17 Jun 2022 23:43 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/13574175.2020.1743557 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:156174 |