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KJV was first published in 1611. It was translated from [[Textus Receptus]], a Greek text compiled by Erasmus in the 16th century on the basis of 12th century Byzantine manuscripts. Its position as the dominant English language translation was unchallenged until the 1970s. Modern translations such as the New Revised Standard Version (1989) use the Critical Text, which was originally compiled by B.F. Westcott and F.J.A. Hort in 1881. This text is based on manuscripts of the "Alexandrian" type such as ''[[Codex Vaticanus]]'' and ''[[Codex Sinaiticus]],'' both of which date from the fourth century.
KJV was first published in 1611. It was translated from [[Textus Receptus]], a Greek text compiled by Erasmus in the 16th century on the basis of 12th century Byzantine manuscripts. Its position as the dominant English language translation was unchallenged until the 1970s. Modern translations such as the New Revised Standard Version (1989) use the Critical Text, which was originally compiled by B.F. Westcott and F.J.A. Hort in 1881. This text is based on manuscripts of the "Alexandrian" type such as ''[[Codex Vaticanus]]'' and ''[[Codex Sinaiticus]],'' both of which date from the fourth century.
==Variant Views==
The KJV Only movement has, as does any movement, varying views.
On one end are teachers such as David Cloud, head of Way of Life (an Independent Baptist publishing house based in Canada). Way of Life's position statement states that it considers the KJV "an example of an accurate translation of the preserved Hebrew and Greek texts"<ref>https://www.wayoflife.org/about/statement.html</ref> (said texts meaning the Hebrew Masoretic and the Greek Received Text). However, Cloud states that he opposes, among other things, any view that the KJV could never be updated for more modern language.<ref>https://www.wayoflife.org/database/king_james_only.html</ref>
On the other extreme are KJV Only proponents such as Gail Riplinger (who opposes any attempt to revise the KJV) and Peter Ruckman (who goes further and considers differences between the Hebrew/Greek and the KJV to be "advanced revelation).
==History==
==History==