New film highlights modern-day William Tyndales
Posted at Christian Today : An Iranian pastor is working on a revised edition of the Old Testament in his native Persian, just a few miles from the believed birthplace of William Tyndale. Tyndale lived in the early 16th century and was one of the pioneers of translating the Bible into English directly from the original Greek and Hebrew. He undertook this work at a time when the Catholic Church used the Latin Vulgate as its official Bible, and unauthorized English translations were prohibited. Five centuries later, Tyndale’s struggle continues. In modern-day Iran it is illegal to own, print or distribute Bibles. Many Iranian Christians choose or are forced into exile in order to continue practising their faith. Pooyan Mehrshahi is a part of the Iranian Christian diaspora and is leading the effort to update the Old Testament into Persian on behalf of the Trinitarian Bible Society (TBS). Mehrshahi lives just 18 miles from North Nibley, where there is a memorial to Tyndale. Like Tyndale, M...
