Tyndale
About this book
It was an outlawed book, a text so dangerous "it could only be countered by the most vicious burnings, of books and men and women." But what book could incite such violence and bloodshed? The year is 1526. It is the age of Henry VIII and his tragic Anne Boleyn, of Martin Luther and Thomas More. The times are treacherous. The Catholic Church controls almost every aspect of English life, including access to the very Word of God. And the church will do anything to keep it that way.
Enter William Tyndale, the gifted, courageous "heretic" who dared translate the Word of God into English. He worked in secret, in exile, in peril, always on the move. Neither England nor the English language would ever be the same again.
With thoughtful clarity and a reverence that comes through on every page, David Teems shares a story of intrigue and atrocity, betrayal and perseverance. This is how the Reformation officially reached English shores—and what it cost the men who brought it there.
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"Teems... pulls together the story of this enigmatic king [ James] with humor and pathos... [A] delightful read in every way." —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Prologue: Do You Not Know Me? My Name Is Tyndale
- 1. Translating Tyndale
- 2. Pandora’s Jar
- 3. Table Talk
- 4. Language Is the Only Homeland
- 5. Author and Finisher
- 6. Farewell, Unhappy, Hopeless, Blasphemous Rome
- 7. It Was England to Him
- 8. The Mother of All Good Works
- 9. A Book for Me and All Kings to Read
- 10. Well Done
- 11. Mine Heart’s Desire
- 12. A Troubled Fascination: William Tyndale and Thomas More
- 13. No Timid Friend to Truth
- 14. Talk Softly and Write One Ridiculously Long Book
- 15. The Medicine of Scripture
- 16. Now We See In a Glass Even In a Dark Speaking
- 17. Do Thou the Worst Thou Canst Unto Me
- 18. And the Peace of God, Which Passeth All Understanding
- Epilogue: Elegy
- Appendix A: William Tyndale Time Line
- Appendix B: First Usage of Words By William Tyndale
- Appendix C: William Tyndale’s Letters to John Frith While Frith Was Confined In the Tower
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Index of Names
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