<P> Early Modern English Bible translations are of between about 1500 and 1800 , the period of Early Modern English . This , the first major period of Bible translation into the English language , began with the introduction of the Tyndale Bible . The first complete edition of his New Testament was in 1526 . Tyndale used the Greek and Hebrew texts of the New Testament ( NT ) and Old Testament ( OT ) in addition to Jerome 's Latin translation . He was the first translator to use the printing press -- this enabled the distribution of several thousand copies of his New Testament translation throughout England . Tyndale did not complete his Old Testament translation . The first printed English translation of the whole bible was produced by Miles Coverdale in 1535 , using Tyndale 's work together with his own translations from the Latin Vulgate or German text . After much scholarly debate it is concluded that this was printed in Antwerp and the colophon gives the date as 4th October 1535 . This first edition was adapted by Coverdale for his first `` authorised version '' , known as the Great Bible , of 1539 . Other early printed versions were the Geneva Bible ( 1560 ) , notable for being the first Bible divided into verses ; the Bishop 's Bible ( 1568 ) , which was an attempt by Elizabeth I to create a new authorised version ; and the Authorized King James Version of 1611 . </P>
<P> Early Modern English Bible translations are of between about 1500 and 1800 , the period of Early Modern English . This , the first major period of Bible translation into the English language , began with the introduction of the Tyndale Bible . The first complete edition of his New Testament was in 1526 . Tyndale used the Greek and Hebrew texts of the New Testament ( NT ) and Old Testament ( OT ) in addition to Jerome 's Latin translation . He was the first translator to use the printing press -- this enabled the distribution of several thousand copies of his New Testament translation throughout England . Tyndale did not complete his Old Testament translation . The first printed English translation of the whole bible was produced by Miles Coverdale in 1535 , using Tyndale 's work together with his own translations from the Latin Vulgate or German text . After much scholarly debate it is concluded that this was printed in Antwerp and the colophon gives the date as 4th October 1535 . This first edition was adapted by Coverdale for his first `` authorised version '' , known as the Great Bible , of 1539 . Other early printed versions were the Geneva Bible ( 1560 ) , notable for being the first Bible divided into verses ; the Bishop 's Bible ( 1568 ) , which was an attempt by Elizabeth I to create a new authorised version ; and the Authorized King James Version of 1611 . </P>
who printed the first complete edition of the bible
who printed the first complete edition of the bible
Miles Coverdale
Miles Coverdale