| | [[File:Richard Bancroft.png|thumbnail|right|250px|Archbishop Richard Bancroft was the "chief overseer" of the production of the King James Bible (Also called the Authorized Version).]] | | [[File:Richard Bancroft.png|thumbnail|right|250px|Archbishop Richard Bancroft was the "chief overseer" of the production of the King James Bible (Also called the Authorized Version).]] |
| − | The '''King James Version''' (also called the '''Authorized Version''', or, in older texts, '''the English Bible''', '''our English Bible''', and sometimes the '''She Bible''') of the [[Bible]] is a [[Poetry|poetic]] masterpiece that has profoundly influenced the [[English|English-speaking]] world ever since its publication in 1611. To this day this is the preferred version by many [[Christian]]s, with its bold language such as mentioning "[[devil]]" more than 3 times as often as modern [[politically correct]] translations. | + | The '''King James Version''' (also called the '''Authorized Version''', or, in older texts, '''the English Bible''', '''our English Bible''', and sometimes the '''She Bible'''<ref>As explained by the [[Museum of the Bible]]: {{cquote|In one edition of the 1611 King James Bible, Ruth 3:15 reads, “he went into the cit[y],” referring to the character of Boaz. This edition is called the “He” Bible. The other 1611 edition reads, “she went into the cit[y],” referring to Ruth, earning it the name, the “She” Bible.}} [https://www.museumofthebible.org/book-minute/she-bible#:~:text=Book%20Minute&text=In%20one%20edition%20of%20the,%2C%20the%20%E2%80%9CShe%E2%80%9D%20Bible.].) of the [[Bible]] is a [[Poetry|poetic]] masterpiece that has profoundly influenced the [[English|English-speaking]] world ever since its publication in 1611. To this day this is the preferred version by many [[Christian]]s, with its bold language such as mentioning "[[devil]]" more than 3 times as often as modern [[politically correct]] translations. |
| | This "KJV", "KJB" or "AV", as it is abbreviated, was the culmination of seven years of work (1604–1611) by about fifty English scholars and around twenty [[Church of England]] [[bishops]], as authorized by King [[James I of England]]. The result was It was not the first English translation ([[William Tyndale]] had previously [[translation|translated]] the Bible into English, and much of the Authorized Version was taken from Tyndale's version) nor was it the most accurate (some modern translations benefit from better, more [[conservative]] sources). Debate exists concerning the accuracy of the translation. But the King James Version of the Bible was the most majestic and it has inspired English literature from [[Herman Melville]] to [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]] to the [[Martin Luther King, Jr.|Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.]] | | This "KJV", "KJB" or "AV", as it is abbreviated, was the culmination of seven years of work (1604–1611) by about fifty English scholars and around twenty [[Church of England]] [[bishops]], as authorized by King [[James I of England]]. The result was It was not the first English translation ([[William Tyndale]] had previously [[translation|translated]] the Bible into English, and much of the Authorized Version was taken from Tyndale's version) nor was it the most accurate (some modern translations benefit from better, more [[conservative]] sources). Debate exists concerning the accuracy of the translation. But the King James Version of the Bible was the most majestic and it has inspired English literature from [[Herman Melville]] to [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]] to the [[Martin Luther King, Jr.|Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.]] |