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The Bible (King James Version, from many editions) Download the ebook in a format below. Additional formats may also be available from the main Gutenberg site. Key to sites: This catalog page is provided by The Online Books Page, and the literature by Project Gutenberg.
- How The King James Bible Came to Be
- Bringing The Bible Directly to The People
- Why Was The King James Bible So Important?
- The Cultural Legacy of The King James Bible
When King James VI of Scotland became King James I of England in 1603, he was well aware that he was entering a sticky situation. For one thing, his immediate predecessor on the throne, Queen Elizabeth I, had ordered the execution of his mother, Mary, Queen of Scots, who had represented a Catholic threat to Elizabeth’s Protestant reign. And even th...
Published in 1611, the King James Bible spread quickly throughout Europe. Because of the wealth of resources devoted to the project, it was the most faithful and scholarly translation to date—not to mention the most accessible. “Printing had already been invented, and made copies relatively cheap compared to hand-done copies,” says Carol Meyers, a ...
By giving more people direct access to the Bible, the King James Version also had a democratizing influence on Protestantism itself, especially in the English colonies being settled in the New World. The Puritans and other reformers “didn’t overtake the Anglican Church in England,” Meyers explains. “But in the colonies, the Anglicans no longer had ...
From Handel’s Messiah to Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise,” the King James Bible has inspired a wide swath of cultural expression across the English-speaking world over generations. Writers from Herman Melville to Ernest Hemingway to Alice Walker have drawn on its cadences and imagery for their work, while Martin Luther King Jr.quoted the King James Ve...
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Apr 19, 2023 · Freeman’s May 3 Books and Manuscripts auction is led by an exceedingly rare first edition of the King James Bible, printed in London in 1611 and one of only 114 known extant copies.
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Jun 18, 2024 · King James Version, English translation of the Bible, published in 1611 under King James I of England. The translation had a marked influence on English literary style and was generally accepted as the standard English Bible from the mid-17th to the early 20th century.
