| Description |
xiii, 354 pages : illustrations, facsimile ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-332) and index. |
| Summary |
Illustrated with reproductions from early editions of the King James Bible, Bible: The Story of the King James Version offers an authoritative history of this renowned translation, ranging from the Bible's inception to the present day.--From publisher description |
| Contents |
The Bible in English -- The commissioning of the King James Version -- Translators and translating -- The translation -- The first edition -- The seventeenth century -- The eighteenth century -- The nineteenth century -- The Cambridge paragraph Bibles -- The Bible in America -- The Revised Version -- The early twentieth century -- The King James Version in the modern world -- Appendix 1 : the companies and later revisers -- Appendix 2 : the preliminaries to the KJV. |
| Subject |
Bible. English. Authorized -- History.
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Bible. English. Authorized -- Criticism, Textual.
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Bible -- Translating.
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| ISBN |
9780199557592 hardback $24.95 |
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0199557594 hardback |
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