The Story of the Matthew Bible by Ruth Magnusson Davis

The Story of the Matthew Bible by Ruth Magnusson Davis

Based on new research, Part 2 of The Story of the Matthew Bible weaves forgotten history together with forgotten teachings from the Matthew Bible, and reveals the hidden roots of changes made to the Scriptures since the Reformation of the 16th century.

Part 1, The Story of the Matthew Bible: That Which We First Received, was R. Davis's definitive account of the making of the Matthew Bible, which was compiled and published in Antwerp by John Rogers in 1537, and which contained the original translations of William Tyndale and Myles Coverdale. In this Part 2, Davis looks at revisions to these translations over the past five centuries - especially, because of their scope and influence, revisions introduced in the Geneva Bible (1560, 1599) and the Revised Version (1894).

The surprising scope of changes considered: Wide-ranging revisions touch on the New Covenant, the church, messianic prophecy, the deity of Christ, Antichrist, sin, hell, the flesh, the cross, the resurrection, and the means of salvation - as well as music, praise, ceremonies, protection for women and virgins, slavery, rulers, revolution, obedience, and more. Comparative Scripture verses are clearly laid out, so readers can see and judge for themselves.

Modern scholarship challenged: Davis lines up the masters, including Cranmer, Luther, Purvey, and Jerome, against modern scholars who say the Antwerp translations were immature, inaccurate, and even clotted - who adorn the sepulchres of the Matthew men, but discredit their work. By the end of this book, readers will understand the translators' work and will appreciate its excellence.

Lost notes re-discovered: Readers will get to know John Rogers' learned marginal notes in the Matthew Bible. An illuminating appendix compares his notes expounding Hebrew idioms in Genesis with the Geneva Bible notes on the same verses.

The record corrected: Scholarly and yet accessible for all readers, this much-needed book is a monument to the faithfulness of the Scriptures we first received, and to the only English Bible that was bought with blood.

Magnusson Davis, Ruth: - Ruth Magnusson Davis, B.A., LL.B., is a retired lawyer with an undergraduate degree in languages. She is a foremost authority on the 1537 Matthew Bible, and in 2009 founded the New Matthew Bible Project, dedicated to gently updating the Matthew Bible for today. She is also the founder of Baruch House Publishing, with a mission to bring to the world again the best of the forgotten works of the early English Reformation.

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ISBN 13	9780994922793
ISBN 10	0994922795
Title	The Story of the Matthew Bible
Author	Ruth Magnusson Davis
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Baruch House Publishing
Year published	2020-11-09
Number of pages	578
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