The King James Bible and the world it made /

The King James translation of the Bible ushered in a new eloquence that until 1611had not existed in the English language. Four centuries later, the literary and historical power of this Bible continues to awe. Originally conceived to help unify Protestants during the English Reformation, many of... Full description

Main Author:	Jeffrey, David Lyle.
Published:	Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, 2011
Subjects:	BIBLE - AUTHORISED - INFLUENCE.
Online Access:	Full text - Book opens through link in DTL
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100		\|a Jeffrey, David Lyle.
245		\|a The King James Bible and the world it made / \|c edited by David Lyle Jeffrey \|h [electronic resource]
260		\|a Waco, Texas : \|b Baylor University Press, \|c 2011.
300		\|a eBook
500		\|a Includes Index and Bibliographical References.
520		\|a The King James translation of the Bible ushered in a new eloquence that until 1611had not existed in the English language. Four centuries later, the literary and historical power of this Bible continues to awe. Originally conceived to help unify Protestants during the English Reformation, many of the Bible's phrases still saturate popular prose-as evidenced by sayings such as "an eye for an eye" and Abraham Lincoln's famous "a house divided against itself," and even in the intonations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the music of Johnny Cash.
650		\|a BIBLE - AUTHORISED - INFLUENCE.
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The King James Bible and the world it made /

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