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The King James Bible

A Short History from Tyndale to Today

by David Norton

  • Paperback
  • 232 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 13.8 x 21.4 x 1.6 cm

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The King James Bible was the result of an extraordinary effort over nearly a century to make many good English translations and turn them into what the translators called 'one principal good one, not justly to be excepted against'. David Norton traces the work of Tyndale and his successors, analysing the translation and revisions of two representative passages. His fascinating new account follows in detail the creation of the KJB, including attention to the translators' manuscript work. He also examines previously unknown evidence such as the diary of John Bois, the only man who made notes on the translation. At the centre of the book is a thorough discussion of the first edition. The latter part of the book traces the printing and textual history of the KJB and provides a concise account of its changing scholarly and literary reputations.
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KJV New Cambridge Paragraph Bible with Apocrypha GreyThe King James Bible

  • Author

    David Norton

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    January 2011

  • Weight

    273g

  • Page Count

    232

  • Dimensions

    13.8 x 21.4 x 1.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9780521616881

  • ISBN-10

    0521616883

  • Eden Code

    3496019

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    Amongst the minor flood of books that have been published to mark the four hundredth anniversary of the King James Bible, few, as is the nature of things, will prove to be of lasting value. This is one that will last. Although the author has the annoying and contentious habit of describing translations that pre-date the KJB as drafts of that text, nevertheless his detailed analysis of select passages show the reader how the translation arrived at its 1611 form. This goes much further than some more general surveys that do give the historical context, but leave the reader deprived of the ‘mechanics’ of translation. Norton’s book supplies the want.

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