The Earliest Advocates of the English Bible

The Texts of the Medieval Debate

Edited by Mary Dove

The Earliest Advocates of the English Bible
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Edited by Mary Dove

Distributed for Liverpool University Press

236 pages | 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 | © 2010
Cloth $100.00 ISBN: 9780859898522 Published January 2011 For sale in North and South America only

The debate over whether to translate the Bible into English—which erupted during the late 1300s and lasted well into the 1500s—is one of the most significant in English cultural, literary, and religious history. With The Earliest Advocates of the English Bible, Mary Dove brings together in one place the key Middle English texts—most of which are not available in any other edition—that argue in favor of the translation and that lay the groundwork for the eventual publication of the King James Bible.

Contents
Publisher's Note
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Manuscript sigla
Manuscripts by location
Introduction

The Texts
Editorial Procedures
1  The Prologue to the Wycliffite Bible
2  The Prologue to Isaiah and the Prophets
3  The Twelve Cambridge Tracts
First seiþ Bois
The Holi Prophete Dauid
Pater Noster II
7  Glossed Gospel Prologues and Epilogue
In þe biginnyng

Notes to the texts
Glossary
Index of biblical quotations
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