Pierre Robert Olivétan

(Redirected from Pierre Robert Olivetan)

Pierre Robert Olivetan/Olivétan (c. 1506 – 1538), a Waldensian by faith[citation needed], was the first translator of the Bible into the French language on the basis of Hebrew and Greek texts, rather than from Latin. He was a cousin of John Calvin, who wrote a Latin preface for the translation,[1] often called the Olivetan Bible [fr].

His work was based on that of his teacher Jacques Lefèvre d'Etaples.[2] It was published in 1535 as La Bible Qui est toute la Saincte scripture[3] at Neuchâtel. This translation has been considered the first French Protestant Bible.[4]

Notes

edit
  1. ^ French Reformation Archived 2007-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ The European Bible (1)
  3. ^ "6. Spreading the Word / Formatting the Word of God". Archived from the original on 2008-06-10. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  4. ^ The first and nearest approach to a national Protestant version for France[1]; [2], [3].
edit