DEREK Honey in his letter of October 7 is either misinformed or inventing.
The New Testament was not “first written down in AD 325”: we have the remains of copies on papyrus from the second and third centuries.
The New Testament was not “first made English in the reign of James I”: before that there were the two Wycliffite versions, the versions of Tyndale and Coverdale, the Great Bible, the Geneva Bible and the Bishops’ Bible.
If your readers want to know more about English translations of the Bible, they might read David Daniell’s The Bible in English.
RALPH LEAVIS, Jourdain Road, Blackbird Leys, Oxford
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here