A visual history of the King James Bible : the dramatic story of the world's best-known translation / Donald L. Brake with Shelly Beach.
Material type: TextPublisher: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Books, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Description: 283 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780801013478
- 080101347X
- 220.5/2038 22
- BS186 .B695 2011
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-274) and indexes.
A nation finds her tongue : English develops as a national language -- Fanning the flames: early English printed Bibles, King Henry VIII to Queen Mary -- The theological tug-of-war : Protestant, Catholic, and Anglican factions under Elizabeth I -- Puritans, petitions, and plots: a royal battle for an English legacy -- The men and their mission : the translation work begins -- Tracing the path : the role of the original languages in the King James Version -- Rejection, rewriting, and revision : the process of translation -- Masterpiece from the mayhem : the King's Bible goes to press -- Maps, margins, and mythology : the formatting of an English treasure -- Branches on the family tree : the four siblings of the 1611 King James Version -- The growing family : direct descendants of the King James Version -- American cousins : entering the New World -- Behold the legacy : inspiration and contribution.
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