A new documentary series is taking a look at William Tyndale and the story behind the English Bible. The King James Bible Research Council has released the first episode of Searching for Tyndale, a five-part series filmed at locations across England.
The first episode, The Salt of the Earth, was released on October 6, and this year also marks 500 years since Tyndale's New Testament was published in 1526, so there's been a lot of interest in his life and work lately - Tyndale wanted people to be able to read the Bible in English, at a time when doing that work could put you in serious trouble, but his translation lived on and helped shape later English Bibles, including the King James Version.
The documentary follows his story through places connected to his life, with the opening episode visiting North Nibley and Oxford. That includes the Tyndale Monument, the Tyndale Window at Hertford College and the Martyrs' Memorial. It's a different way to cover Bible history, getting out to the places where these events happened rather than just talking about them from a studio.
The King James Bible Research Council made the series to mark the anniversary, and there are four more episodes to come. Anyone interested in Tyndale, the history of the English Bible or the Reformation may want to give it a look.
You can watch the first episode, The Salt of the Earth, on the KJBRC website.
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