The story of Tyndale is part of that of the revival of learning. his exceptional strengths were twofold. First was his good Greek and Hebrews, when such knowledge was not at all common. Indeed, he was a pioneer in the great movement of the translation of texts of all kinds into English throughout the century (From the “Introduction” in Tyndale’s New Testament (in a modern-spelling edition with introduction by David Daniell), xvi).