The King James Bible and the World It Made
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The King James Bible and the World It Made

  1. 209 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The King James Bible and the World It Made

About this book

The King James translation of the Bible ushered in a new eloquence that until 1611 had not existed in the English language. Four centuries later, the literary and historical power of this Bible continues to awe. Originally conceived to help unify Protestants during the English Reformation, many of the Bible's phrases still saturate popular prose--as evidenced by sayings such as "an eye for an eye" and Abraham Lincoln's famous "a house divided against itself," and even in the intonations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the music of Johnny Cash. The King James Bible and the World It Made brings into conversation leading contemporary scholars who articulate how this celebrated translation repeatedly influenced the language of politics, statecraft, and English literature while offering Christians a unique resource for living the faith.

Including Mark Noll, Alister McGrath, Lamin Sanneh, David Bebbington, Robert Alter, Philip Jenkins, and Laura Knoppers, this collection highlights the most notable facets of the King James Bible and the history it created, and astutely reflects on its relevance to the modern world.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title Page, Title Page, Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. 1. The "Opening of Windows": The King James Bible and Late Tudor Translation Theories
  6. 2. Translating Majesty: The King James Bible, John Milton, and the English Revolution
  7. 3. The King James Bible in Britain from the Late Eighteenth Century
  8. 4. The King James Version at 300 in America: “The Most Democratic Book in the World”
  9. 5. The King James Bible, Mission, and the Vernacular Impetus
  10. 6. Regions Luther Never Knew: Ancient Books in a New World
  11. 7. The Question of Eloquence in the King James Version
  12. 8. The Word That Endureth Forever: A Century of Scholarship on the King James Version
  13. Notes
  14. Notes on the Contributors
  15. Back Cover