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Bible [electronic resource] : the story of the King James Version, 1611-2011 / Gordon Campbell.

By: Analytics: Show analyticsPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 354 p.) : illISBN:
  • 9780191612725 (electronic bk.)
  • 0191612723 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 220.5/2038 23
LOC classification:
  • BS186 .C36 2010eb
Online resources: Summary: This is a history of the King James Version of the Bible (known in Britain as the Authorised Version) over the four hundred years from its remote beginnings to the present day. Gordon Campbell, expert in Renaissance literatures, tells the fascinating and complex story of how this translation came to be commissioned, of who the translators were, and of how the translation was accomplished. The story does not end with the printing of that first edition, but introduces the subsequent generations who edited and interacted with the text.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 314-332) and index.

This is a history of the King James Version of the Bible (known in Britain as the Authorised Version) over the four hundred years from its remote beginnings to the present day. Gordon Campbell, expert in Renaissance literatures, tells the fascinating and complex story of how this translation came to be commissioned, of who the translators were, and of how the translation was accomplished. The story does not end with the printing of that first edition, but introduces the subsequent generations who edited and interacted with the text.

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