Bible translators

Adrian Saravia ( 1531- 1613) was a theologian born at Hesdin, Pas-de-Calais, of a Spanish father and Flemish mother, both Protestants. He entered the ministry at Antwerp, had a hand in the Walloon Confession and gathered a Walloon congregation in Brussels. ...more on Wikipedia about "Adrian Saravia"

Andrew Downes, also known as Dounaeus, (c. 1549- 2 February, 1628) was an English classical scholar born in the county of Shropshire. He was educated at Shrewsbury and St. John's College, Cambridge, where he did much to revive the study of Greek, at that time at a very low ebb. ...more on Wikipedia about "Andrew Downes (scholar)"

Bede ( Latin Beda), also known as Saint Bede or, more commonly, the Venerable Bede (ca. 672 – May 27, 735), was a monk at the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Wearmouth (today part of Sunderland), and of its companion monastery, Saint Paul's, in modern Jarrow. He is well known as an author and scholar, whose best-known work, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical History of the English People) gained him the title "The father of English History". Bede wrote on many other topics, from music and metrics to Scripture commentaries. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bede"

Epifany Slavinetsky (Епифаний Славинецкий in Russian) was a great ecclesiastical expert of the Russian Orthodox Church who helped Patriarch Nikon to revise the ancient service-books, thus precipitating the Great Schizm of the national church. ...more on Wikipedia about "Epifany Slavinetsky"

Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (also Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam) ( October 27, probably 1466 – July 12, 1536) was a Dutch humanist and theologian. Erasmus was the most important humanist who wrote in a "pure" latin style. He was known to be the inspiration of Martin Luther and the reformation. He prepared new Latin and Greek additions to the New Testament. Erasmus wrote Praise of Folly, Handbook of a Christian Knight, and On Civility in Children. ...more on Wikipedia about "Erasmus"

Dr. Eugene H. Peterson, born in 1932, is a pastor, scholar, author, and poet. He has written nearly thirty books, but is best known for The Message (2002), a translation of the Bible into modern-day language. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eugene H. Peterson"

Everett Fox is a scholar and translator of the Hebrew Bible. He is currently the Allen M. Glick Professor of Judaic and Biblical Studies at Clark University. ...more on Wikipedia about "Everett Fox"

Franz Rosenzweig ( 1886 - 1929) was one of the most influential modern Jewish religious thinkers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Franz Rosenzweig"

Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples (c. 1450- 1536), also known by his Latinized name Jacobus Faber Stapulensis, was a French theologian and humanist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples"

Saint Jerome (ca. 347 – September 30, 420), (full name Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus) is best known as the translator of the Bible from Greek and Hebrew into Latin. Jerome's edition, the Vulgate, is still the official biblical text of the Roman Catholic Church. He is recognized by the Vatican as a Doctor of the Church. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jerome"

John Nelson Darby, ( November 18, 1800 - April 29, 1882) was an Anglo-Irish evangelist, an influential figure of the original Plymouth Brethren, and considered the father of modern Dispensationalism. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Nelson Darby"

John Wycliffe (also Wyclif, Wycliff, or Wickliffe) (c. 1320 – December 31 1384) was an English theologian and early proponent of reform in the Roman Catholic Church during the 14th century. He made an English translation of the Bible in one complete edition and is considered a precursor of the Protestant Reformation. Wycliffe was born at Ipreswell (modern Hipswell), Yorkshire, England, between 1320 and 1330 and died at Lutterworth (near Leicester) in 1384. Wycliffe also lived during the black plague. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Wycliffe"

Jozef Roháček ( February 6, 1877 - July 28, 1962) was Slovak protestant actvist, evangelist and scholar. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jozef Roháček"

Judaica Press is an Orthodox Jewish publishing house founded in New York City in 1963 by Jack Goldman in response to the growing demand for books of scholarship in the English-speaking Jewish world. In addition to undertaking the now ubiquitous Judaica Press Mikraoth Gedoloth Nach ( Prophets and Writings of the Tanakh- Hebrew Bible) series, Goldman immediately went about acquiring the rights to some of the major works of Jewish scholarship at the time: The Blackman Mishnayoth set, the Hirsch [[Humash set, and the Jastrow Dictionary of Talmudic Aramaic words. ...more on Wikipedia about "Judaica Press"

Jurij Dalmatin was a Slovenian protestant priest, writer and translator. Born around 1547 in Krško, died 1589 in Ljubljana, where in 1572 became a preacher. He wrote religious books Karšanske lepe molitve (1584, Christian Beautiful Prayers), Ta kratki würtemberški katekizmus (1585, A Short Wittenberg Catechism), and Agenda (1589), but far more important is his translation of the complete Bible into Slovenian language. The original title of this magnificent book is Bibilija, tu je vse svetu pismu stariga inu noviga testamenta, slovenski tolmačena skuzi Jurija Dalmatina ( Wittenberg 1584, The Bible, it is a Complete Holy Scripture of the Old and of the New Testament, Translated into Slovenian by Jurij Dalmatin). The first Catholic Slovenian translation started in 1784 and finished only in 1802. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jurij Dalmatin"

Kenneth Nathaniel Taylor ( May 8, 1917 - June 10, 2005) was an American publisher and author, better known as the creator of the Bible paraphase The Living Bible and the founder of Tyndale House, a major Christian publishing company. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kenneth Taylor"

Kenneth Samuel Wuest ( 1893 – 1962) was a noted New Testament Greek ( Κοινή) scholar of the mid-Twentieth century. He is sometimes referred to as Dr. Kenneth Wuest, though it is unclear (at this writing) if this title refers to an earned Ph.D. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kenneth Wuest"

Dr. Ludovic Lazarus (Ludwik Lejzer, Ludwik Łazarz) Zamenhof ( December 15, 1859– April 14, 1917) was an ophthalmologist, philologist, and the initiator of Esperanto, the most widely spoken constructed language. His native languages were Russian and Yiddish, but he also spoke Polish and German fluently. Later he learned French, Latin, Greek, Hebrew and English, and he also had an interest in Italian, Spanish and Lithuanian. ...more on Wikipedia about "L. L. Zamenhof"

Louis Segond ( 1810- 1885) was a Swiss theologian who translated the ...more on Wikipedia about "Louis Segond"

Martin Buber ( 8 February 1878 - 13 June 1965) was a Jewish philosopher, translator, editor, and pedagogue, whose work centered around the ideals of religious consciousness, interpersonal relations, and community. Buber's evocative, sometimes poetic writing style have marked the major themes in his work: the retelling of Hasidic tales, Biblical commentary, and metaphysical dialogue. A cultural Zionist, Buber was active in the Jewish and educational communities of Germany and Israel. His influence extends across the humanities, particulary in the fields of social psychology, social philosophy, and religious existentialism. ...more on Wikipedia about "Martin Buber"

Martin Luther ( November 10, 1483– February 18, 1546) was a German theologian, an Augustinian monk, and an ecclesiastical reformer whose teachings inspired the Reformation and deeply influenced the doctrines and culture of the Lutheran and Protestant traditions. Luther's call to the Church to return to the teachings of the Bible led to the formation of new traditions within Christianity and to the Counter-Reformation, the Catholic reaction to these movements. His contributions to Western civilization went beyond the life of the Christian Church. His translations of the Bible helped to develop a standard version of the German language and added several principles to the art of translation. His hymns inspired the development of congregational singing in Christianity. His marriage on June 13, 1525, to Katharina von Bora began a movement of clerical marriage within many Christian traditions. ...more on Wikipedia about "Martin Luther"

Mary Sidney Herbert ( 27 October 1561– 1621), Countess of Pembroke, was one of the first significant English women to achieve a reputation for her literary works, translations and patronage. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mary Sidney"

Mikael Agricola (c. 1510 – April 9, 1557) was a Finnish clergyman who became de facto founder of written Finnish and one of the prominent proponents of Protestant Reformation in Swedish Finland. Called "The Father of Finnish written language." ...more on Wikipedia about "Mikael Agricola"

Myles Coverdale (also Miles Coverdale) (c 1488 - January 20, 1568) was a 16th-century Bible translator who produced the first complete printed translation of the Bible into English. ...more on Wikipedia about "Myles Coverdale"

Primož Trubar ( June 9, 1508 – June 28, 1586) was a Slovenian Protestant reformer, the founder and the first superintendent of the Protestant Church of Slovenia, a consolidator of the Slovenian language and the author of the first printed book in Slovenian. ...more on Wikipedia about "Primož Trubar"

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