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Section 8. The Earliest Vernacular Bibles
77. Great Bible, 1539
Benjamin Crawford Collection, Birmingham, AL, USA
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The Great Bible printed in 1539, the first authorized English Bible, was commissioned by the Vicar General Thomas Cromwell and prepared by Myles Coverdale incorporating Tyndale’s translations and relying on Luther’s translation