person:james bible

King James Version | The Typographic Hub
►http://www.typographichub.org/articles/entry/king-james-version

In May 1601, King James VI of Scotland attended the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in Fife, where proposals were put forward for a new translation of the Bible into English. Two years later, he acceded to the throne of England as King James I of England: the ground was prepared for the King James #Bible.

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It was intended each printer would #print a portion of the text, share printed sheets with the others, and split the proceeds. Bitter financial arguments erupted as Barker accused Norton and Bill of concealing their profits, whilst they in turn charged Barker with selling sheets due to them as partial Bibles for ready money.

Litigation, fines, debt and imprisonment dogged them all and titular and actual tenure of the office of King’s Printer passed between them as their fortunes varied.

The King James #Bible reconsidered | David Edgar | Books | The Guardian
►http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/feb/19/bible-king-james-version-david-edgar

Celebrants of this year’s anniversary have enjoyed pointing out the ironies of the translation: that it was commissioned to mollify the losing faction at a religious conference; that far from “inventing the language”, it was written in archaic prose; and – most surprising of all – that it was made not by an individual genius but by six largely anonymous committees

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The King James #Bible gets the treatment it deserves | Books | The Observer
►http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jan/23/king-james-bible-reading-bath

However, amid the hoopla, there was, I suggested, one thing missing. Apart from a theatrical reading at the Globe, there was no scheduled rendering of the complete text by ordinary people, believers and non-believers alike. Anyone who remembers Alec McCowen’s unforgettable staging of the #Gospel According to St Mark will know that this is box office. Ulysses gets read out every year on Bloomsday. Why should there not be a secular round-the-clock recital of this founding text, from Genesis to Revelations ?

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