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The King James version at 400 : assessing its genius as Bible translation and its literary influence / edited by David G. Burke, John F. Kutsko, and Philip H. Towner.

Contributor(s): Burke, David G [editor.] | Kutsko, John F, 1963- [editor.] | Towner, Philip H, 1953- [editor.]
Material type: TextTextSeries: Biblical scholarship in North America: no. 26.Publisher: Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: xxiv, 553 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781589837980 (pbk. : alk. paper); 1589837983 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9781589838000 (hardcover : alk. paper); 1589838009 (hardcover : alk. paper)Subject(s): Bible. English. Authorized -- History -- Congresses | Bible. English. Authorized -- Influence -- Congresses | Bible -- Translating -- CongressesDDC classification: 220.5/2038 Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Rendering Voices: A Poem for the 400th Anniversary of the King James Bible / Christopher Southgate -- The KJV at 400: Assessing Its Genius as Bible Translation and Its Literary Influence / David Norton -- The King James Version in its Historical Context -- The King James Bible in Early Modern Political Context / Lori Anne Ferrell -- The KJV and the Rapid Growth of English in the Elizabethan-Jacobean Era / Seth Lerer -- English Printing before the King James Bible: A Reconsideration / David J. Davis -- The King James Bible and the Language of Liturgy / Robin Griffith-Jones -- The KJV and Women: Soundings and Suggestions / Katharine Doob Sakenfeld -- John Speed's "Canaan" and British Travel to Palestine: A Journey with Maps / Joan Taylor -- .
King James Version in the History of Bible Translation -- Luther's Approach to Bible Translation and the KJV / Graham Tomlin -- Revising the KJV: Seventeenth through Nineteenth Century / Harold P. Scanlin -- The Role of the Metatexts in the King James Version as a Means of Mediating Conflicting Theological Views / Jacobus A. Naudé -- Priorities, Principles, and Prefaces: From the KJV to Today (1611-2011) / Richard A. Burridge -- The KJV and the Development of Text Criticism / David Trobisch -- The KJV Translation of the Old Testament: The Case of Job / David J.A. Clines -- The KJV New Testament: What Worked for the Translators and What Did Not? / James D.G. Gunn -- The KJV and Anglo-Jewish Translations of the Bible: A Unique and Uniquely Fruitful Connection / Leonard J. Greenspoon -- The Influence of the KJV in Protestant Chinese Bible Work / Kuo-Wei Peng -- The Monarchs and the Message: Reflections on Bible Translation from the Sixteenth to the Twenty-First Century / N.T. Wright --
The Impact of the King James Version: Its Reception and Influence -- The Question of Eloquence in the King James Version / Robert Alter -- The King James Bible Apocrypha: When and Why Lost? / Andrew E. Hill -- "Not of an Age, But for All Time": King James and Master Will, Words and Thoughts / C. Clifton Black -- The Word and the Words: Andrewes, Donne, and the Theology of Translation / Malcolm Guite -- The KJV and the Seventeenth-Century Religious Lyric / Barbara K. Lewalski -- The King James Bible: Messianic Meditations / Deborah W. Rooke -- America's King of Kings: The King James Bible and American Civil Religion / Jon Pahl -- The KJV in Orthodox Perspective / Simon Crisp -- African Americans and the King James Version of the Bible / Rodney Sadler Jr. -- "A New Garb for the Jewish Soul": The JPS Bible in the Light of the King James Bible / Naomi Seidman -- The Master Copy: Postcolonial Notes on the King James Bible / R. S. Sugirtharajah.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Rendering Voices: A Poem for the 400th Anniversary of the King James Bible / Christopher Southgate -- The KJV at 400: Assessing Its Genius as Bible Translation and Its Literary Influence / David Norton -- Part 1: The King James Version in its Historical Context -- The King James Bible in Early Modern Political Context / Lori Anne Ferrell -- The KJV and the Rapid Growth of English in the Elizabethan-Jacobean Era / Seth Lerer -- English Printing before the King James Bible: A Reconsideration / David J. Davis -- The King James Bible and the Language of Liturgy / Robin Griffith-Jones -- The KJV and Women: Soundings and Suggestions / Katharine Doob Sakenfeld -- John Speed's "Canaan" and British Travel to Palestine: A Journey with Maps / Joan Taylor -- .

Part 2: King James Version in the History of Bible Translation -- Luther's Approach to Bible Translation and the KJV / Graham Tomlin -- Revising the KJV: Seventeenth through Nineteenth Century / Harold P. Scanlin -- The Role of the Metatexts in the King James Version as a Means of Mediating Conflicting Theological Views / Jacobus A. Naudé -- Priorities, Principles, and Prefaces: From the KJV to Today (1611-2011) / Richard A. Burridge -- The KJV and the Development of Text Criticism / David Trobisch -- The KJV Translation of the Old Testament: The Case of Job / David J.A. Clines -- The KJV New Testament: What Worked for the Translators and What Did Not? / James D.G. Gunn -- The KJV and Anglo-Jewish Translations of the Bible: A Unique and Uniquely Fruitful Connection / Leonard J. Greenspoon -- The Influence of the KJV in Protestant Chinese Bible Work / Kuo-Wei Peng -- The Monarchs and the Message: Reflections on Bible Translation from the Sixteenth to the Twenty-First Century / N.T. Wright --

Part 3: The Impact of the King James Version: Its Reception and Influence -- The Question of Eloquence in the King James Version / Robert Alter -- The King James Bible Apocrypha: When and Why Lost? / Andrew E. Hill -- "Not of an Age, But for All Time": King James and Master Will, Words and Thoughts / C. Clifton Black -- The Word and the Words: Andrewes, Donne, and the Theology of Translation / Malcolm Guite -- The KJV and the Seventeenth-Century Religious Lyric / Barbara K. Lewalski -- The King James Bible: Messianic Meditations / Deborah W. Rooke -- America's King of Kings: The King James Bible and American Civil Religion / Jon Pahl -- The KJV in Orthodox Perspective / Simon Crisp -- African Americans and the King James Version of the Bible / Rodney Sadler Jr. -- "A New Garb for the Jewish Soul": The JPS Bible in the Light of the King James Bible / Naomi Seidman -- The Master Copy: Postcolonial Notes on the King James Bible / R. S. Sugirtharajah.

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