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The King James Bible after Four Hundred Years: Literary, Linguistic, and Cultural Influences

By Norman W. Jones , Hannibal Hamlin

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2011
ISBN
0521768276, 9780521768276
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3671284 bytes)
Pages
xii+364\377
Time added
2018-07-04 21:54:59
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Description

2011 marks the 400th anniversary of the King James version of the Bible. No other book has been as vital to the development of English writing or indeed to the English language itself. This major collection of essays is the most complete one-volume exploration of the King James Bible and its influence to date. The chapters are written by leading scholars from a range of disciplines, who examine the creation of the King James Bible as a work of translation and as a linguistic and literary accomplishment. They consider how it differed from the Bible versions which preceded it, and assess its broad cultural impact and precise literary influence over the centuries of writing which followed, in English and American literature, until today. The story will fascinate readers who approach the King James Bible from the perspectives of literary, linguistic, religious or cultural history.

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