Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 06/01/2005 12:45, Schmuel wrote:

> ...
>
> Schmuel
> This whole question is a little complicated, we have the Tanach and NT, we have the question of Vulgate origins for the Wycliffe NT vs. the TR for the Tyndale NT.  And we have multiple versions of Tyndale.  
>
> If one compares the phrasing of the NT, how close is Tyndale to Wycliffe ?
> http://alleluya.com/ might help.  I have a Tyndale edition in text, also. 
>
> And in the Tanach, did Wycliffe use the Masoretic Text as his base, or the 
> Vulgate ?
> Or a combination ?   And again, how close is the resultant phrasing between 
> Tyndale and Wycliffe ?
>
> If you feel to give a brief response on this, it might help, especially if 
> you have done some of the
> comparisons. 
>
>  
There are interesting and quite detailed articles on the Wycliffe Bible 
at http://www.bible-researcher.com/wyclif1.html, 
http://www.bible-researcher.com/wyclif3.html and 
http://www.bible-researcher.com/1911-wyclif.html. I note the following, 
from the last of these, referring to the "Early Version":

> The translation of the Old Testament as far as Baruch iii. 19 is stiff 
> and awkward, sometimes unintelligible, even nonsensical, from a too 
> close adherence to the Latin text

Also, from the prologue to the "Later Version":

> a symple creature hath translatid the bible out of Latyn into English


The full Wycliffe Bible is available online from 
http://wesley.nnu.edu/biblical_studies/wycliffe/index.htm. There is a 
parallel text of Wycliffe, Tyndale and other historic versions of the 
Pentateuch and Jonah at http://www.faithofgod.net/PentJona/index.htm 
(and the same for the NT at http://www.faithofgod.net/NTcompare/index.htm).

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