The King James Bible, the most famous version of the world’s most influential book, was published on this day in history, May 2, 1611. "The King James, or Authorized, Version of the Bible remains the ...

The King James Bible was translated by a group of about 47 scholars, divided into six committees at Oxford, Cambridge, and Westminster. Each committee was responsible for translating a specific ...

Joseph McGraw had doubts when his friend told him about a first edition of the King James Bible that was sitting in a downtown Baltimore office. But when the hulking book came off the shelf, the ...

The copy of the Bible will go on show at KFCRIS in early 2020 alongside a collection of printed copies of the Qur’an in an exhibition that will explore how early printing technology impacted religious ...

A vicar clearing out a cupboard at his church found a forgotten first edition King James Bible dating back to 1611. The Reverend Dr Jason Bray stumbled upon it as he was taking stock at St Giles ...

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NEW YORK — At the Museum of Biblical Art in Manhattan, a portrait of King James I, who ascended to the English throne in 1603, looks out on display cases of rare Bibles. In 1604, King James authorized ...

Precisely 451 years after the June 19, 1566, birth of King James I of England, one achievement of his reign still stands above the rest: the 1611 English translation of the Old and New Testaments that ...

(RNS) 1604. England. Rebellious Puritans, establishment Anglicans and Roman Catholics are at each other’s throats. A new king fears his reign will combust in a powder keg of religious strife and ...

A vicar clearing out a cupboard at his church found a forgotten first edition King James Bible dating back to 1611. There are believed to be fewer than 200 such Bibles still in existence. The Rev Dr ...