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Wycliffe Bible Translators USA (also known as Wycliffe USA) is an interdenominational nonprofit organization with a goal "for people from every language to understand the Bible and be transformed." [1] Based in Orlando, Florida, it partners with many organizations and churches around the world to help facilitate the work of Bible translation.
Wycliffe's Bible (also known as the Middle English Bible [MEB], Wycliffite Bibles, or Wycliffian Bibles) is a sequence of orthodox Middle English Bible translations from the Latin Vulgate which appeared over a period from approximately 1382 to 1395.
Wycliffe Bible Translators was founded by other British mission agencies, who were initially seeking improved linguistic training for their own missionaries. They formed a sponsoring committee and invited the Summer Institute of Linguistics to hold an 11-week training course in the UK in 1953.
Wycliffe Bible Translators USA was founded in 1942 [4] by William Cameron Townsend. When other Wycliffe organisations were founded around the world, they initially operated as its divisions in those countries. A new organisation, Wycliffe Bible Translators International, was started in May 1980 to provide this international leadership. [5]
According to Wycliffe Bible Translators, in September 2024, speakers of 3,765 languages had access to at least a book of the Bible, including 1,274 languages with a book or more, 1,726 languages with access to the New Testament in their native language and 756 the full Bible. It is estimated by Wycliffe Bible Translators that translation may be ...
Wycliffe Bible Translators International was established in May 1980 to provide international leadership. [14] From this small beginning has grown the worldwide ministry of the Summer Institute of Linguistics (now called simply SIL International), Wycliffe Bible Translators (WBT), and the technical and logistics partner of SIL known as JAARS.
Theologian John Wycliffe (c. 1320s–1384) is popularly credited with translating what is now known as Wycliffe's Bible, though it is not clear how much of the translation he himself did. [9] Released in 1382, this was the first known complete translation of the Bible into English. This translation came out in two different versions.
Faye Elva Edgerton (26 March 1889 – 4 March 1968) was a missionary, linguist and Bible translator with Wycliffe Bible Translators.She translated the New Testament into the Navajo and Apache languages, as well as helping some with the Hopi and the Inupiat/Eskimo New Testaments.