The Earliest Advocates of the English Bible
The Texts of the Medieval Debate
Distributed for University of Exeter Press
236 pages
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6 3/4 x 9 3/4
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© 2010
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.
“This is an important body of texts that needs to be available in a convenient modern format. These materials are of fundamental significance for the English debate about translation of religious materials into the vernacular in the early fifteenth century.”—Vincent Gillespie, University of Oxford
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
4 First seiþ Bois
5 The Holi Prophete Dauid
6 Pater Noster II
7 Glossed Gospel Prologues and Epilogue
8 In þe biginnyng
Notes to the texts
Glossary
Index of biblical quotations
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
4 First seiþ Bois
5 The Holi Prophete Dauid
6 Pater Noster II
7 Glossed Gospel Prologues and Epilogue
8 In þe biginnyng
Notes to the texts
Glossary
Index of biblical quotations
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