Printing the Bible in the Vernacular: Luther, Tyndale, and Early Protestant Editions (1520–1541)

1. Luther begins vernacular translation at Wartburg

   Dec 1, 1521Labels: Martin Luther, Wartburg Castle

   • Luther Bible
   • LCMS Witness

2. Luther’s “September Testament” is printed

   Sep 1, 1522Labels: September Testament, Wittenberg

   • UNESCO MoW
   • Cambridge Core

3. Revised “December Testament” follows quickly

   Dec 1, 1522Labels: December Testament, Wittenberg

   • Gruber LSTC
   • Luther Bible

4. Luther’s German Pentateuch appears in print

   Jan 1, 1523Labels: Pentateuch, Martin Luther

   • Gruber LSTC
   • Luther Bible

5. Tyndale leaves England to print an English Bible

   Jan 1, 1524Labels: William Tyndale, Antwerp networks

   • Worms City
   • Tyndale bio

6. Tyndale’s first English New Testament is printed at Worms

   Jan 1, 1526Labels: Tyndale New, Worms

   • Worms City

7. Tyndale New Testaments are publicly burned in London

   Oct 1, 1526Labels: Book burning, London authorities

   • Tunstall bio
   • Tyndale bio

8. Worms issues a compiled complete Protestant German Bible

   Jan 1, 1529Labels: Worms Bible, Protestant compilation

   • Worms Bible
   • Sch ffer bio

9. Tyndale publishes the English Pentateuch at Antwerp

   Jan 1, 1530Labels: Tyndale Pentateuch, Antwerp

   • Tyndale Journal
   • Lambeth exhibit

10. Zurich prints a complete German Bible as a single volume

    Jan 1, 1530Labels: Froschauer Bible, Zurich

    • Zurich Bible
    • ZB Z rich

11. Luther’s complete German Bible is printed in Wittenberg

    Jan 1, 1534Labels: Luther Bible, Hans Lufft

    • Gruber LSTC
    • Lufft bio

12. Tyndale issues a corrected English New Testament at Antwerp

    Nov 1, 1534Labels: Tyndale revision, Antwerp

    • Tyndale 1534
    • BibliaSacra

13. Coverdale’s complete English Bible is finished in Antwerp

    Oct 4, 1535Labels: Coverdale Bible, Antwerp

    • Coverdale bio
    • Public Domain

14. Matthew Bible combines Tyndale and Coverdale under a pseudonym

    Jan 1, 1537Labels: Matthew Bible, John Rogers

    • Coverdale bio
    • Matthew Bible

15. Great Bible becomes the first royally authorized English Bible

    Apr 1, 1539Labels: Great Bible, Henry VIII

    • Great Bible
    • Bible Researcher

16. Luther issues a fully revised Bible edition

    Jan 1, 1541Labels: 1541 Luther, revision

    • Gruber LSTC
    • Bibelarchiv