Bible, Gordon Campbell
Bible, Gordon Campbell
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Bible
The Story of the King James Version

Author: Gordon Campbell

Narrator: Julian Elfer

Unabridged: 7 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/30/2018

Synopsis

This is a history of the King James Version of the Bible (known in Britain as the Authorised Version) over the four hundred years from its remote beginnings to the present day.

Gordon Campbell, expert in Renaissance literatures, tells the fascinating and complex story of how this translation came to be commissioned, of who the translators were, and of how the translation was accomplished. The story does not end with the printing of that first edition, but introduces the subsequent generations who edited and interacted with the text. The present text of the King James Version differs in thousands of small details from the original edition. Campbell traces the textual history from 1611 to the establishment of the modern text by Oxford University Press in 1769.

Attitudes to the King James Version have shifted through time and territory, ranging from adulation to deprecation and attracting the attention of a wide variety of adherents. It is more widely read in America today than in any other country, and its particular history in there is given due attention.

This volume helps to explain the enduring popularity of the King James Version throughout the world today.

About Gordon Campbell

Gordon Campbell is Professor of Renaissance Studies at Leicester University. An authority on Renaissance literature, he is coauthor of John Milton: Life, Work, and Thought (with Thomas N. Corns).

Reviews

Goodreads review by Charissa on January 14, 2008

I laughed, I cried, it became a part of me. Okay, not really. This book has left me largely untouched in any substantial way, except for the times it had caused me to shout out uncontrollably, "WHAT The FUCK??!! Are you KIDDING ME??!!!" Such as: Jephthah made a vow to the Lord: "If you give the Ammoni......more

Goodreads review by Steve on January 10, 2008

The book of Truth, Wisdom, and Everlasting Life. It only took me 7 years to read it (1997-2003). If you read it, start & finish with the Gospels. These verses have strengthened my faith, given me the courage to walk through valleys of shadow & death, and kept my hand steady in battle. Here are some......more

Goodreads review by Michael on February 27, 2017

Yes, believe it or not, I did read the Bible a few times. The RSV version being in a language closer to 20th C english than the traditional King James Version (KJV) and less colloquial than the New International Version (NIV). It is, well, the version with all the apocryphal books left out. As a pie......more

Goodreads review by Marian on January 06, 2008

I have been reading the Bible for going on 2 years with a study group that meets every week. Fascinating reading. although the Bible is not something you can pick up and understand on your own (you might quit reading after all those begettings). It requires guidance and assistance in its interpretat......more

Goodreads review by Aaron on February 12, 2011

It doesn't matter what your beliefs are, the Bible is a key to understanding Western Civilization. While some aspects are dry, this book contains a ridiculous number of amazing stories that have had profound impacts on all of literature. This book also provides a decent historical account of the hol......more

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