Pierre Robert Olivétan

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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]

• Erich Wenneker (1993). "Olivétan, Pierre-Robert". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). Vol. 6. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 1207–1209. ISBN 3-88309-044-1.
• Digitalized version of Olivétan translation
• Selected books of Olivétan translation (with modern spelling)