Name: Fire on the Earth: The dangerous life of a Bible translator
Start: 2025-11-07T18:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-11-07T19:00:00+00:00
Location: Room RCH/037 - Ron Cooke Hub

Fire on the Earth: The dangerous life of a Bible translator

Dom Henry Wansbrough explores the dangerous history of biblical translation, where theological disagreements sparked violence and death.
About this Event

William of York Lecture

It is a dangerous business to be a translator. It can involve the translator in deep theological disagreements, even to the point of violence and death. Biblical scholar and monk, Dom Henry Wansbrough, gives an illustrative talk on some occasions in Christian history where this has happened, starting with a riot in North Africa, through to heroes such as John Wycliffe, Thomas More, and William Tyndale, and ending with a personal experience.

Image (Bible translator, William Tyndale, tied up and about to be garrotted!)

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