What change occurred in biblical representation due to the Reformation?
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Correct answer: Direct reader engagement with scripture in translation
Translated vernacular scriptures — such as Tyndale's and later the King James Bible — enabled readers to engage directly with biblical texts. Literature increasingly drew on and interpreted scripture without clerical mediation.
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