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 an ...
Their names are mostly lost to history now–Geoffrey King, Lancelot Andrewes, Miles Smith and dozens more–but the book that brought them all together, the King James Bible, remains “the greatest work ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
The rise and fall of the King James Bible. In the Beginning: The Story of the King James Bible and How It Changed a Nation, a Language, and a Culture, by Alister McGrath, Doubleday, 328 pp.; $24.95 ...
Brigham Young University English professor Rick Duerden will present “Glory and Power: The Battles within the King James Translation of the Bible” at a "House of Learning" Lecture in the Harold B.
The Rev. Steve Crump isn’t the likeliest of ministers to be toting a copy of the King James Version of the Bible to a service. Crump, the pastor of the Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge, prefers the New ...