400 years of the King James Bible

By Ian Harris In Books

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27th August, 2011
A camel has been described as a horse designed by a committee. A committee has been defined as a noun of multitude, signifying many but not signifying much. To which the great and noblest exception has to be the King James Bible (KJB), whose creation by committee 400 years ago is being widely commemorated in England this year, and more mutedly in New Zealand. Two new books and a reprint of an earlier­ one have emerged on cue, catering to those curious to know more about the origins of probably the most influential book in the English language – religiously, ...

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