by Herbert Samworth | May 21, 2011 | Reviews
A book review by Dr. Herbert Samworth Mark A. Noll and Carolyn Nystrom, Is the Reformation Over? An Evangelical Assessment of Contemporary Roman Catholicism. Baker Academic, 2005 This is the second of a two part-review of the book written by Mark Noll and...
by Herbert Samworth | Apr 23, 2011 | Reviews
A book review by Dr. Herbert Samworth Mark A. Noll and Carolyn Nystrom, Is the Reformation Over? An Evangelical Assessment of Contemporary Roman Catholicism. Baker Academic, 2005 Why take the time and effort to review a book that was published nearly six years...
by Herbert Samworth | Apr 4, 2011 | VK Collection
The Great Bible owes its origin to the desire of William Tyndale to provide the English ploughboy with the Word of God in his own language. This desire was reiterated in Tyndale’s last words, “Lord, open the eyes of the King of England.” Those stirring words were...
by Herbert Samworth | Mar 28, 2011 | VK Collection
A RECENT DISCOVERY The providential care of God over His Word was aptly demonstrated by a discovery at the Wurttembergishe Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart, Germany in 1996. The directors of the Library were reclassifying their holdings of English books when they came...
by Herbert Samworth | Feb 24, 2011 | Reformers
THE SECOND EDITION NEW TESTAMENT – by Dr. Herbert Samworth The months after the death of Frith were difficult for Tyndale. Not only did he lose the help of a trusted companion, what did his death communicate about the continued opposition to the Word of...
by Herbert Samworth | Sep 3, 2010 | Reformers
EVENTS AFTER 1530 – by Dr. Herbert Samworth Following the printing of the Pentateuch in 1530 we do not know much about Tyndale’s activities for a period of time. There was no doubt that he continued his work of translation. Perhaps this was when he began his...
by Herbert Samworth | Jul 23, 2010 | Reformers
THE PENTATEUCH – by Dr. Herbert Samworth Finding that the situation had calmed down in Antwerp, Tyndale returned to the city sometime in 1529. Antwerp provided a number of advantages for Tyndale. First, it would be safer because the city did not have a cathedral...
by Herbert Samworth | Jul 21, 2010 | VK Collection
The Greek New Testament of 1550 “The finest Greek text ever printed” is indeed high praise for any book. It is a book contained in the Van Kampen Collection and behind it is a fascinating story that merits telling. The book, also called the Editio Regia, was...
by Herbert Samworth | Jul 9, 2010 | VK Collection
The Geneva Bible of 1560 is well-known to the English speaking people. It was the Bible of the Puritans and held the affection of the majority of the English people until well into the 17th century. For many years it proved to be even more popular than the King James...
by Herbert Samworth | Jun 11, 2010 | Reviews
A book review by Dr. Herbert Samworth We are going to take a break from reviews of books that deal with the history of the Reformation and the Bible. Rather we will review a book edited by Timothy George entitled J. I. Packer and the Evangelical Future: the Impact...
