King James' Bible

This selection shows the Authorised (or King James's) Version of the Bible is as impressive and readable as it ever was. Enables the reader to understand and appreciate this famous text, and something of the sixteenth-century practices and concerns that shaped this particular translation. Key features include: substantial extracts have been chased to illustrate the principal theories of the Authorised Version, its pervasive imagery and its range of literary forms and style; headnotes and annotations elucidate the background and draw attention to matters of literary forms and stylistic interest; and passages presented act as stepping stones which enable the reader to investigate the rest of the bible at leisure.