Pierre Robert Olivétan
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Pierre Robert Olivétan (c.1506-1538) was the first to translate the Bible into the French language starting from the Hebrew and Greek texts. He was a cousin of John Calvin, who wrote a Latin preface for the translation[1], often called the Olivetan Bible.
His work was based on that of his teacher Jacques Lefèvre d'Etaples[2]. It was published in 1535 as La Bible Qui est toute la Saincte scripture[3] at Neuchâtel. This translation has been considered the first French Protestant Bible.[4]
[edit] Notes
- ^ French Reformation
- ^ The European Bible (1)
- ^ 6. Spreading the Word / Formatting the Word of God
- ^ The first and nearest approach to a national Protestant version for France[1]; [2], [3].
[edit] External links
- (German) BBK page
- Selected books of Olivétan translation (with modern spelling)
