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Manifold Greatness: The Making of the King James Bible (2011) is a volume edited by Helen Moore and Julian Reid.

Abstract

"Published on the occasion of two exhibitions, held in 2011 at the Bodleian Library and the Folger Shakespeare Library respectively, celebrating the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Bible ... Revolutionary at its time, the King James translation quickly became the dominant authorized translation of the Christian Bible in English. There are more than one billion copies in print, making it the best-selling book of all time, and its effect on the English language is incalculable, both in common speech and in literature."--Publisher description.

Editions and translations

Published in Oxford [England]: Bodleian Library, 2011.

Contents

Before the King James Bible / Diarmaid MacCulloch and Elizabeth Solopova -- Origins of the project / Judith Maltby and Helen Moore -- The Oxford translators / Julian Reid -- Materials and methods / Gareth Lloyd Jones, Helen Moore and Julian Reid -- The 1611 King James Bible and its cultural politics / Hannibal Hamlin, Judith Maltby and Helen Moore -- Afterlives of the King James Bible, 1611-1769 / Peter McCullough and Valentine Cunningham -- The King James Bible in America / Hannibal Hamlin -- The lives of early English Bibles : treasures from the Folger Shakespeare Library / Steven K. Galbraith -- The translators of the King James Bible

External links

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