The paper deals with some aspects of the creation of the Bible text in English in the 16th – the beginning of the 17th centuries (before the appearance of King James’s Bible). These aspects are unfamiliar to the Russian readers. It is mentioned that, initially Catholics often denied even the possibility of interpreting the Holy Writ into «vulgar languages’ (in this case into English), whereas during the Reformation period the main point of the discussion was the opposition of the «correct’ and «corrupted’ translations. The authors paid special attention to the polemics between Sir Thomas More and William Tyndale, as well as to the viewpoint of the creators of the Catholic Douai-Rheims Bible (1582–1610).

the Holy Writ, translation, protestant, catholic, the Douai-Rheims Bible, King James’s Version

1. Gukhman M.M., Semenyuk N.N., Babenko N.A. Istoriya nemetskogo literaturnogo yazyka XVI–XVIII vekov. M.: Nauka, 1984. 248 s.
2. Danem B. Geroi i eretiki. Politicheskaya istoriya zapadnoi mysli Biblioteka YAkova Krotova [Elektronnyi resurs]. URL: http://krotov.info/libr_min/05_d/an/em_11.htm (data obrashcheniya: 02.11.2014).
3. Kopanev P.I. Voprosy istorii i teorii khudozhestvennogo perevoda. Minsk: Izd. BGU im. V.I. Lenina, 1972. 296 s.
4. Levin YU.D. Ob istorizme v podkhode k istorii perevoda Masterstvo perevoda. M.: Sovetskii pisatel', 1963. pp. 373–392.
5. Prokhorova T. Biblii korolya Iakova – 400 let [Elektronnyi resurs] Institut perevoda Biblii. URL: http://ibt.org.ru/russian/info/articles_kingjames_prokh.html (data obrashcheniya: 03.11.2014).
6. Solov'ev E.YU. Nepobezhdennyi eretik: Martin Lyuter i ego vremya. M: Molodaya gvardiya, 1984. 288 s.
7. KHukhuni G.T., Valuitseva I.I., Osipova A.A. Lingvokul'turnye aspekty mezh"yazykovoi peredachi bibleiskogo teksta. M.: IIU MGOU, 2014. 200 s.
8. SHaff F. Istoriya khristianskoi tserkvi. T. VII. Sovremennoe khristianstvo. Reformatsiya v Germanii. SPb.: Bibliya dlya vsekh, 2009. 459 s.
9. Douay Bible [Elektronnyi resurs] New Advent. The Catholic Encyclopedia. URL: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05140a.htm/ (data obrashcheniya: 03.11.2014).
10. DouaiRheims New Testament Introduction [Elektronnyi resurs]. URL: http://www.bombaxo.com/douaint.html (data obrashcheniya: 04.11.2014).
11. DouaiRheims Old Testament Introduction [Elektronnyi resurs]. URL: http://www.bombaxo.com/douaiot.html (data obrashcheniya: 04.11.2014).
12. Greenslade S.L. English Versions of the Bible, 1525–1611 The Cambridge History of the Bible. The West from the Reformation to the Present Day. Edited by S.L. Greenslade. Cambridge University Press, 1976. P. 141–174.
13. Kapp F., Goldfriedrich J. Geschichte des Deutschen Buchhandels [Elektronnyi resurs]. URL: http://www.zeno.org/Kulturgeschichte/M/Kapp,+Friedrich/Geschichte+des+deutschen+Buchhandels (data obrashcheniya: 31.10.2014).
14. Martin: A Discovery of the Manifold Corruptions of the Holy Scriptures, 1582 [Elektronnyi resurs]. URL: http://www.eclipseofthechurch.com/Library/Martin_Corruptions.pdf (data obrashcheniya: 31.10.2014).
15. Newth S. Lectures on Bible Revision, with an Appendix Containing the Prefaces to the English Bible. London: Hodder and Stoughton, Mdccclxxxi [Elektronnyi resurs]. URL: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/42514/42514h/42514h.htm (data obrashcheniya: 01.11.2014).
16. The Arundelian Constitution of 1408 against the Lollards. From the edition of David Wilkins, Concilliae Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae ab Anno MCCCL ad Annum MDXLV. Volumen Tertium. London 1737. P. 314–319.
17. The DouayRheims Bible [Elektronnyi resurs] Aquinas and More Catholic Goods. URL: http://www.aquinasandmore.com/catholicarticles/whatisthedouayrheimsbible/article/190/sort/relevance/productsperpage/12/layout/grid/currentpage/1/keywords/douayrheims (data obrashcheniya: 05.11.2014).
18. The Holy Bible: DouayRheims [Elektronnyi resurs]. URL: http://www.thefishersofmenministries.com/DouayRheims%20Bible.pdf (data obrashcheniya: 04.11.2014).
19. The Thomas More / William Tyndale Polemic: A Selection Edited, with an introduction and notes by Matthew DeCoursey. Hong Kong Institute of Education Early Modern Literary Studies. Texts Series 3, 2010. 236 p.
20. Why Should You Read Only the DouayRheims Translation of the Bible? [Elektronnyi resurs] Catholic Statues. URL: http://www.marianland.com/bible20.html (data obrashcheniya: 04.11.2014).