The King James Bible, the most famous version of the world’s most influential book, was published on this day in history, May 2, 1611. "The King James, or Authorized, Version of the Bible ...

Words from a doubly alien culture, not an original text but a translation ... the monarch’s loyal secretary, in 1611 as the King James Bible came off the presses. The adherents of another ...

One of James's great contributions to England was the Authorised King James's Version of the bible (1611) which was to become the standard text for more than 250 years. But he disappointed the ...

Most of the books of the Old Testament are a direct translation of the original ... 1611 in the reign of King James I. The Authorized Version is not a new translation but a revision of an English ...

The King James Version of the Bible came by its name because it was published in 1611 under the auspices ... the "purity and ...

All seven of the original scrolls now reside in their ... AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER Publication of the King James Bible in 1611 set the standard for English Scripture for some 300 years.

Yet it produced many of the high points of English culture, from the masterworks of Jacobean theatre to the King James Bible to the work of John Donne. In government, science and finance ...