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Gordon Campbell, Bible: The Story of the King James Version, 1611-2011 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010).

Abstract

"Illustrated with reproductions from early editions of the King James Bible, Bible: The Story of the King James Version offers an authoritative history of this renowned translation, ranging from the Bible's inception to the present day."--Publisher description.

Contents

The Bible in English -- The commissioning of the King James Version -- Translators and translating -- The translation -- The first edition -- The seventeenth century -- The eighteenth century -- The nineteenth century -- The Cambridge paragraph Bibles -- The Bible in America -- The Revised Version -- The early twentieth century -- The King James Version in the modern world -- Appendix 1 : the companies and later revisers -- Appendix 2 : the preliminaries to the KJV.

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