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Jacques Amyot – produced a famous version of Plutarch's Parallel Lives, later rendered into English by Sir Thomas North; E. S. Ariel – translator of the Kural; Charles Baudelaire – produced a famous and immensely influential translation of the works of Edgar Allan Poe; Yves Bonnefoy – noted contemporary translator, particularly of ...
A Translation, in English Daily Used, of the Peshito-Syriac Text, and of the Received Greek Text, of Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, and 1 John (1889) and A Translation, In English Daily Used, of the Seventeen Letters Forming Part of the Peshito-Syriac Books (1890) by William Norton
A Bible dictionary is a reference work containing encyclopedic entries related to the Bible, typically concerning people, places, customs, doctrine and Biblical criticism. Bible dictionaries can be scholarly or popular in tone. The first dictionary of the Bible in English was the Christian Dictionarie (1612) of Thomas Wilson. [1]
Christians have made many contributions in a broad and diverse range of fields, including the sciences, arts, politics, literatures, sports and business This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
John Brooke (died 1582), was an English translator of religious works. He was the son of John Brooke, a native of Ashnext-Sandwich and owner of Brooke House in that village. Although appointed a scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge by the foundation charter of 1546, he did not become a B.A. until 1553–1554. [ 1 ]
Myles Coverdale, first name also spelt Miles (c. 1488 – 20 January 1569), was an English ecclesiastical reformer chiefly known as a Bible translator, preacher, hymnist and, briefly, Bishop of Exeter (1551–1553). [2]
Bible translations into French date back to the Medieval era. [1] After a number of French Bible translations in the Middle Ages, the first printed translation of the Bible into French was the work of the French theologian Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples in 1530 in Antwerp. This was substantially revised and improved in 1535 by Pierre Robert Olivétan.
Calmet, Benedictine, who wrote a valuable dictionary of the Bible, of which there is an English translation, and a highly esteemed commentary on all the books of Scripture (died 1757) Louis de Carrières, Oratorian (died 1717) Piconio, Capuchin (died 1709) Bernard Lamy, Oratorian (died 1715) Pierre Guarin, O. S. B. (died 1729)