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In the beginning : the story of the King James Bible and how it changed a nation, a language and a culture
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In the beginning : the story of the King James Bible and how it changed a nation, a language and a culture / Alister McGrath.
ISBN
0340785853
Published
London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2002.
Physical Description
x, 340 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes
Originally published: 2001.
Variant and related titles
Story of the King James Bible and how it changed a nation, a language and a culture
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 25, 2003
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-328) and index.
Contents
Unknown to the ancients: the new technology
The rise of English as a national language
The great tumult: the Reformation
The first printed English bibles
Explaining the "hard places": the Geneva Bible
A Puritan king? The accession of King James
The decision to translate: The Hampton Court Conference
Translation: the englishing of the Bible
Production: the early printings of the King James Bible
Translators and traitors: the problems of Bible translation
The Bible and the shaping of modern English
Triumph: the final acclamation of the King James Bible
A comparison of historic English translations: Psalm 23
A biblical timeline.
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