Talk:Great Bible

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[edit] Chronology problem

"The psalms in the Book of Common Prayer are taken from the Great Bible rather than the King James Bible."

The Book of Common Prayer (and presumably its psalms) would seem to predate the King James Bible. Could this be fixed, or if a subtle point is being made here, could it be further explicated?[unsigned comment]

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This article, together with several others on early English Bibles, gave the impression of depending too heavily on the Encyclopedia Britannica of 1911. Some errors seemed to have rippled through from one article to another. The articles in question include those on the Matthew Bible, Jacobus van Meteren, and Early Modern English Bible translations. (The article on the Great Bible is the least affected.)

There has been a lot of Bible research since 1911. A more reliable starting point for research in this area is Herbert's extremely detailed and careful Historical Catalogue of Printed Editions of the English Bible 1525–1961, dating from 1968. I have therefore edited the articles in question so that they at least no longer contradict Herbert, although they still contain unsourced material that is not supported by Herbert. Also it was necessary to create an article on the Coverdale Bible of 1535.

If other authors know of later sources that update or improve on Herbert, those sources should be named.EEye 12:57, 16 March 2007 (UTC)