Talk:Jacobus van Meteren
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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, and of misinterpreting its sources. Some errors seemed to have rippled through from one article to another. The articles in question include those on the Matthew Bible, the Great Bible, and Early Modern English Bible translations.
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.
The Jacobus van Meteren article and others referred to the 'Coverdale Old Testament' of 1535 as if it was a separately published book, and (presumably for that reason) incorrectly made the Matthew Bible (1537) the first complete English Bible. If there was a separate 'Coverdale Old Testament', it has escaped Herbert's notice. If other authors know of later sources that update or improve on Herbert, those sources should be named.EEye 11:41, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
