tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367161100956691682.post5765369995774096364..comments2024-01-28T09:52:30.550-08:00Comments on Arash's World: The “Neck Verse” or Why Medieval Gangsters benefited from LiteracyArash Farzanehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12000344680925876563noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367161100956691682.post-74926793057924750012009-12-13T20:00:27.508-08:002009-12-13T20:00:27.508-08:00Sorry, I meant to mention the date - it was 1522 w...Sorry, I meant to mention the date - it was 1522 when Tyndale published his first version of the Bible in English. Had to get it smuggled in hidden in bales. All the while being hunted by agents of Henry VIII. <br /><br />Ironically Henry later embraced the anti-Catholic idea of a Bible everyone could read, which he did in tandem with ransacking and destroying most of the monasteries and abbeys in England.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367161100956691682.post-57490989616410018702009-12-13T19:56:05.903-08:002009-12-13T19:56:05.903-08:00Nicely done! One thing to add, would be that it w...Nicely done! One thing to add, would be that it was not as easy as it sounds. Until Tyndale heroically translated and smuggled the Bible into England, there was no Bible in English! (Excepting the little known Wycliffe version) <br /><br />So the clergy were literally the only ones who had access to the Bible, and it was in Latin. <br /><br />So for a few reasons, this was actually a good test.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com