The
Tyndale Bible generally refers to the body of
biblical translations by
William Tyndale. Tyndale’s Bible is credited with being the first English translation to work directly from
Hebrew and
Greek texts. Furthermore, it was the first English biblical translation that was mass-produced as a result of new advances in the art of printing. The term
Tyndale's Bible is not strictly correct, because Tyndale never published a complete Bible. Prior to his execution Tyndale had only finished translating the entire
New Testament and roughly half of the
Old Testament. Of the latter, the
Pentateuch,
Jonah and a revised version of the book of Genesis were published during his lifetime. His other Old Testament works were first used in the creation of the
Matthew Bible and also heavily influenced every major English translation of the Bible that followed.