Pierre Robert Olivétan

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Pierre Robert Olivetan/Olivétan (c. 1506 – 1538), a Waldensian by faith[citation needed], was the first translator of the Bible into the French language on the basis of Hebrew and Greek texts, rather than from Latin. He was a cousin of John Calvin, who wrote a Latin preface for the translation,[1] often called the Olivetan Bible [fr].

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]

Notes

  1. ^ French Reformation Archived 2007-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ The European Bible (1)
  3. ^ "6. Spreading the Word / Formatting the Word of God". Archived from the original on 2008-06-10. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  4. ^ The first and nearest approach to a national Protestant version for France[1]; [2], [3].

External links

  • Erich Wenneker (1993). "Olivétan, Pierre-Robert". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). Vol. 6. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 1207–1209. ISBN 3-88309-044-1.
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  • Selected books of Olivétan translation (with modern spelling)
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