Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Preface of "the Translators to the Reader" Of the Holy Bible: Appointed to Be Read in Churches, First Published in 1611
The first well-authenticated translation of the complete Bible into English was by john wickliffe: it was from the Latin Vulgate, and was completed in 1380.
Translations from the original Hebrew and Greek were made a century and a-half later; william tyndale being the first and principal of those who engaged in the work.
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