CONTENTS
CONTENTS
1 UNKNOWN TO THE ANCIENTS: THE NEW TECHNOLOGY
2 THE RISE OF ENGLISH AS A NATIONAL LANGUAGE
3 THE GREAT TUMULT: THE REFORMATION
4 THE FIRST PRINTED ENGLISH BIBLES
5 EXPLAINING THE “HARD PLACES: THE GENEVA BIBLE
6 A PURITAN KING? THE ACCESSION OF KING JAMES
7 THE DECISION TO TRANSLATE: THE HAMPTON COURT CONFERENCE
8 TRANSLATION: THE ENGLISHING OF THE BIBLE
9 PRODUCTION: THE EARLY PRINTINGS OF THE KING JAMES BIBLE
10 TRANSLATORS AND TRAITORS: THE PROBLEMS OF BIBLE TRANSLATION
11 THE BIBLE AND THE SHAPING OF MODERN ENGLISH
12 TRIUMPH: THE FINAL ACCLAMATION OF THE KING JAMES BIBLE