Description
Author: Laurence M. Vance
This collection of essays on the subjects of King James, his Bible, and its translators is the result of painstaking, original research, with a strict emphasis on primary sources. Fifteen of these twenty-nine essays appeared in the first edition of this book, twelve were added to the second edition, and two are new to the third edition. Some of these essays have been previously published, and many of them have been revised and expanded for publication in this edition.
Updated Introduction
Table of Contents
Book Review
The first four essays relate to the origin of King James’s Bible. Essays five through ten relate to the translators and their work. Essays eleven through seventeen explore the translators’ finished product. Essays eighteen through twenty-one deal with the nature of the Authorized Version in the context of English Bible history. Essays twenty-two through twenty-eight address certain issues that relate to the Authorized Version. The last essay provides an overview of the King James Bible that was specifically written to commemorate its 400th anniversary.
These essays are not a rephrasing or a retelling of what can readily be found in a standard work on English Bible history. In fact, some of them are designed to correct the errors and misconceptions that are unfortunately too prevalent in the material written about the Authorized Version.
About the Author:
Laurence M. Vance is an author, a publisher, a lecturer, a freelance writer, and the editor of the Classic Reprints series. He holds degrees in history, theology, accounting, and economics. The author of thirty-five books, he has contributed over 1,000 articles and book reviews to both secular and religious periodicals. Vance's writings have appeared in a diverse group of publications including the Ancient Baptist Journal, the Bible Review Journal, the Independent Review, the Free Market, the Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society, Future of Freedom, and the New American. His writing interests include economics, taxation, politics, government spending and corruption, theology, English Bible history, Greek grammar, and the folly of war.
