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Episode 149: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

The History of English Podcast

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Tyndale's Bible Translation - The King's Version

William tindale composed an english version of the bible. His translation was so popular that it served as the basis for most of the later translations. In 19 98, researchers conducted a study where they compared the language of tindal's bible to the language of the king james version. And that study found that 84 % of the words in the king jAMES version of the new testament match the words used by tindale in his earlier translation.

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