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The King James Bible and the world it made / David Lyle Jeffrey, editor.

Contributor(s): Jeffrey, David Lyle, 1941-
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Description: vi, 205 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781602584167 (pbk. : alk. paper); 1602584168 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Bible. English. Authorized -- History | Bible. English. Authorized -- InfluenceDDC classification: 220.5/20309 LOC classification: BS186 | .K57 2011Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Introduction / David Lyle Jeffrey -- The "opening of windows" : the King James Bible and late Tudor translation theories / Alister E. McGrath -- Translating majesty : the King James Bible, John Milton, and the English Revolution / Laura L. Knoppers -- The King James Bible in Britain from the late eighteenth century / David W. Bebbington -- The King James version at 300 in America : "the most democratic book in the world" / Mark Noll -- The King James Bible, mission, and the vernacular impetus / Lamin Sanneh -- Regions Luther never knew : ancient books in a new world / Philip Jenkins -- The question of eloquence in the King James version / Robert Alter -- The Word that endureth forever : a century of scholarship on the King James version / Beth Allison Barr.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / David Lyle Jeffrey -- The "opening of windows" : the King James Bible and late Tudor translation theories / Alister E. McGrath -- Translating majesty : the King James Bible, John Milton, and the English Revolution / Laura L. Knoppers -- The King James Bible in Britain from the late eighteenth century / David W. Bebbington -- The King James version at 300 in America : "the most democratic book in the world" / Mark Noll -- The King James Bible, mission, and the vernacular impetus / Lamin Sanneh -- Regions Luther never knew : ancient books in a new world / Philip Jenkins -- The question of eloquence in the King James version / Robert Alter -- The Word that endureth forever : a century of scholarship on the King James version / Beth Allison Barr.

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