| | [[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'''<ref>One edition was humorously called the "She Bible," 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.].</ref> 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 by far the most preferred version by English-speaking [[Christian]]s. Its bold language includes 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'''<ref>One edition was humorously called the "She Bible," 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.].</ref>) 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 by far the most preferred version by English-speaking [[Christian]]s. Its bold language includes mentioning "[[devil]]" more than 3 times as often as modern [[politically correct]] translations. |
| | This "KJV", "KJB" or "AV", as it is abbreviated, was the magnificent 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]]. 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 (modern translations benefit from earlier 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 magnificent 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]]. 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 (modern translations benefit from earlier 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.]] |