| Description |
xiii, 354 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 23 cm |
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English language |
| 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 |
Bible in English -- Commissioning of the King James Version -- Translators and translating -- Translation -- First edition -- Seventeenth century -- Eighteenth century -- Nineteenth century -- Cambridge paragraph Bibles -- Bible in America -- Revised Version -- Early twentieth century -- 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. |
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History. |
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Bible. English. Authorized -- Criticism, Textual.
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Criticism, Textual. |
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Bible -- Translating.
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| ISBN |
9780199557592 hardback |
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0199557594 hardback |
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