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The Story of the King James Version 1611-2011
Oxford University Press
October 2010
On Sale: October 15, 2010
256 pages
ISBN: 0199557594
EAN: 9780199557592
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
Produced during the lifetime of Shakespeare and Donne, the
King James Version of the Bible has long been viewed as the
most elegantly written and poetic of the many English
translations. Now reaching its four hundredth anniversary,
it remains one of the most frequently used Bibles in the
English-speaking world, especially in America. Lavishly illustrated with reproductions from early editions
of the KJB, Bible: The Story of the King James Version
offers a vivid and authoritative history of this renowned
translation, ranging from the Bible's inception to the
present day. Gordon Campbell, a leading authority on
Renaissance literatures, tells the engaging and complex
story of how this translation came to be commissioned, who
the translators were, and how the translation was
accomplished. Campbell does not end with the printing of
that first edition, but also traces the textual history from
1611 to the establishment of the modern text by Oxford
University Press in 1769, shedding light on the subsequent
generations who edited and interacted with the text and
bringing to life the controversies surrounding later
revisions. In addition, the author examines the reception of
the King James Version, showing how its popularity has
shifted through time and territory, ranging from adulation
to deprecation and attracting the attention of a wide
variety of adherents. Since the KJB is more widely read in
America today than in any other country, Campbell pays
particular attention to the history of the KJB in the United
States. Finally, the volume includes appendices that contain
short biographies of the translators and a guide to the
74-page preliminaries of the 1611 edition. A fitting tribute to the enduring popularity of the King
James Version, Bible offers an illuminating history of this
most esteemed of biblical translations.
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