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French (1540) Sword Bible (Middle French)

Pierre Robert, also known as Olivétan (1506-1538), a native of Picardy, is known for his translation of the Bible into French, called the Olivetan Bible. The Waldensians commissioned and financed this translation – they were Waldo’s disciples who joined the Reform Movement at the Synod of Chanforan in 1532. Some historians think that it was the French-speaking Swiss who encouraged this undertaking and William Farel in particular. It is thought that he persuaded the Waldensians to finance the project. The Reformers in Geneva and Lausanne were keen to have a translation of the Bible into French which was not based on the Vulgate, but on the original Greek and Hebrew texts. They were looking for a good translator and chose Olivétan because he had studied Hebrew with Bucer in Strasbourg. It was an incredible achievement for one man to have translated the entire Bible in two years. Indeed, he was a precursor of future translators, as his translation was the first to be based on the original Greek and Hebrew texts, although he did consult Lefèvre d’Etaples’ translation of the New Testament as well. Unfortunately, his translation of the Bible, published by Pierre de Vingle in Neuchâtel in

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