LET IT GO AMONG OUR PEOPLE: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH BIBLE FROM JOHN WYCLIFF TO THE KING JAMES VERSION (Used Copy)

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An Illustrated History of the English Bible from John Wyclif to the King James Version

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ISBN: 9780718830427

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The King James translators drew upon all of their English predecessors and much more besides. The authors offer both a political and literary history of the Bible. Their purpose is to explain how styles of presenting Scriptures in English developed out of political and ecclesiastical circumstances. The result is a refreshing reassessment of the literary and scholarly accomplishment of all the Renaissance Bibles and a clear account of what is different and distinctive in the King James Version. They also linger over the texts of the Bible, comparing significant passages in the various versions. Such close study of the texts is warranted because the English Bible has had a profound effect on English language, literature, politics and ideas; it has left a lasting impression on the language that we speak today. No other language, except perhaps German, can boast that its vernacular translation of the Bible is a literary masterpiece in its own right.

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Weight 700 g
Author(s)

David Price, Charles Caldwell Ryrie

Publisher(s)

James Clarke & Co.

Published Date

2004

Page Count

160

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