David Daniell (Author)

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David Daniell (born February 17, 1929 , † June 1, 2016 ) was a British English scholar and editor of specialist books , mainly on William Tyndale and his Bible translation.

Life

He received his education at the Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Darlington . He later studied at St. Catherine's College , Oxford . In 1952 he received his Bachelor of Arts there and in 1954 his Master of Arts in English . In 1954 he also did his Bachelor of Arts in theology and graduated from the University of Tübingen in 1955 . In 1972 he received his Ph.D. for his Shakespeare studies. at the University of London . In 1979 he accompanied the Royal Shakespeare Company on their six-week tour through major European cities.

David Daniell published two volumes of short stories by the Scottish writer John Buchan in 1980 and 1982 . He published William Tyndale's New Testament in 1989 and William Tyndale's Old Testament in 1992 .

David Daniell read English and later theology at Oxford. In 1992 Daniell was appointed Professor of English at the University of London. He was retired in 1994 . He was an Honorary Research Fellow ( Honorary Fellow ) at Oxford Hertford College and at St. Catherine's College, and Honorary Member ( Honorary Member ) of the "Senior Common Room's" ( senior lecturer room ) of Magdalen College .

His Tyndale biography was published in 1994. In January 1995, at a meeting at the British Library, the Tyndale Society was founded and David Daniell was elected its first chair. Mary Clow later took the chair. The Tyndale Society now has more than a hundred members worldwide.

In 1998 he published a Shakespeare edition by Julius Caesar . His book on the history of the English Bible ( The Bible in English. History and Influence ) was published in 2003. David Daniell had more than 50 radio and television appearances in which he spoke about his work.

David Daniell was married and had two sons.

Well-known theses

In his writings on William Tyndale , he advocated some theses that are cited in publications by other authors.

  • Tyndale was independent of Luther's translation of the Bible .
  • Tyndale took what he thought was good from Martin Luther's translation of the Bible.
  • A translation by William Tyndale appeared in the Matthew Bible from the Book of Joshua to the Second Book of the Chronicles . This thesis is not new, for example AS Herbert said of the Matthew Bible: "This version [of the English Bible], which brings together the best work of Tyndale and Coverdale, is the true original English Bible," said Sir Frederic G. Kenyon 1909 similar to David Daniell.
  • Over 80 percent (exact 83 percent) of the English New Testament (in the King James Bible ) can be traced back to William Tyndale's translation. He adopted this thesis from John Nielson and Royal Skousen .

Fonts

  • with John Buchan (Ed.): The Best Short Stories of John Buchan. Volume 1. Joseph, London 1980.
  • with John Buchan (Ed.): The Best Short Stories of John Buchan. Volume 2. Joseph, London 1982.
  • (Ed.): Tyndale's New Testament. Translated from the Greek by William Tyndale in 1534. In a modern-spelling edition and with an introduction by Davin Daniell. Yale University Press, New Haven, London 1989.
  • (Ed.): Tyndale's Old Testament: being the Pentateuch of 1530. Joshua to 2nd Chronicles of 1537 and Jonah. Translated by William Tyndale. In a modern-spelling edition and with an introduction by David Daniell. Yale University Press, New Haven & and London 1992.
  • William Tyndale. A biography. Yale University Press, New Haven & and London 1994.
  • (Ed.): Julius Caesar. The Arden Shakespeare. Nelson & Sons, Walton-on-Thames 1998.
  • (Ed.): The Obedience of a Christian Man. Penguin Classics, London 2000.
  • (Ed.): William Tyndale. Selected Writings. Manchester 2003.
  • The Bible in English. History and Influence. Yale University Press, New Haven 2003.

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Hertford College
  2. ↑ a b c d David Daniell's website ( memento of the original dated December 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.daviddaniell.co.uk
  3. ↑ a b David Daniell (Ed.): Tyndale's Old Testament. Being the Pentateuch of 1530. Joshua to 2nd Chronicles of 1537 and Jonah. Translated by William Tyndale. In a modern-spelling edition and with an introduction by David Daniell. Yale University Press, New Haven & and London 1992, book cover.
  4. ^ David Daniell: William Tyndale. A biography. Yale University Press, New Haven & London 1994, pp. 112f.
  5. ^ David Daniell: William Tyndale. A biography. Yale University Press, New Haven & London 1994, p. 114, line 33ff.
  6. ↑ cf. Daniel Daniell (Ed.): Tyndale's Old Testament: being the Pentateuch of 1530. Joshua to 2. Chronicles of 1537 and Jonah. Translated by William Tyndale. In a modern-spelling edition and with an introduction by David Daniell. Yale University Press, New Haven & and London 1992, pp. Xxivff.
  7. ^ AS Herbert: Historical Catalog of Printed Bibles 1525–1961. British and Foreign Bible Society and American Bible Society, 1968, ISBN 0-564-00130-9 , p. 18.
  8. ↑ Frederic G. Kenyon: Article in Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible , 1909.
  9. ↑ The Powerhouse of Creative Thought - David Daniell's study of the Bible in English ... p. 2 (English)
  10. ↑ David Daniell (Ed.): The Obedience of a Christian Man. Penguin Classics, London 2000, p. Xix. (see also footnote 8)
  11. ↑ David Daniell: The Bible in English. History and Influence. Yale University Press, New Haven 2003, p. 136 (see also footnote 13) and p. 448.
  12. ↑ John Nielson, Royal Skousen: How Much of the King James Bible Is William Tyndale's. In: Reformation. Volume 3, 1998, pp. 49-74. ( Abstract ( Memento of the original from 1 May 2010 at the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested Please review the original and archive link under. Instructions and then remove this notice. (English)) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tyndale.org
personal data
SURNAME Daniell, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British English scholar and editor
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1929
DATE OF DEATH June 1, 2016