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In the Beginning: The Story of the King James Bible and How It Changed a Nation, a Language, and a Culture

Alister E. McGrath

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In the Beginning: The Story of the King James Bible and How It Changed a Nation, a Language, and a Culture — Alister E. McGrath.

Author: Alister E. McGrath

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    Table of Contents

    1Acclaim for Alister McGrath'sIN THE BEGINNING
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    2CONTENTS
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min    3List Of Illustrations
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    4PREFACE
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    5INTRODUCTION
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min    61. Unknown To The Ancients: The New Technology
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    7The Social Revolution:The New Middle Class
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min    8Johannes Gutenberg And The Origins Of Printing
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 12 min    9The First Printed Bibles
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min    10A Vernacular Bible:The Wycliffite Versions
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min    112. The Rise Of English As A National Language
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min    12The Triumph Of French And The Medieval Neglect Of English
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    13A Turning Point: The Fifteenth Century
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min    14Religion And The Vernacular: The York Mystery Plays
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    15English: A Language Of Culture And Learning?
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min    163. The Great Tumult: The Reformation
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min    17The Rise Of Individualism
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min    18Martin Luther: Pioneer Of Reform
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 15 min    19The Indulgence Controversy
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min    20Translation And Power: The Reformation And The Vernacular
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 12 min    21The Pressure For Translation Of The Bible
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 14 min    22Henry Viii And The English Reformation
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 15 min    234. The First Printed English Bibles
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min    24The Pioneer: William Tyndale
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 15 min    25Tyndale'S New Testament: Precursor Of The King James Bible
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 17 min    26The Attempt To Suppress Tyndale'S Translation
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 22 min    27The First Printed English Bibles
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 9 min    28An Official English Bible: The Great Bible Of 1539
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min    295. Explaining The “Hard Places”: The Geneva Bible
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    30The Reformation Of Geneva
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min    31John Calvin And Geneva
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min    32Religious Refugees And The Genevan Economy
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 12 min    33The Bible: Translation And Interpretation
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    34The Geneva Bible
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 21 min    35The Initial Elizabethan Response To The Geneva Bible
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 9 min    36The Triumph Of The Geneva Bible
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min    376. A Puritan King? The Accession Of King James
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min    38The Fault Lines: Tensions Within Late Elizabethan Protestantism
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 9 min    39The Succession: From Elizabeth Ito James I
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min    40The New King: A Critic Of Puritanism
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min    41The New King: An Enemy Of The Geneva Bible
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 19 min    427. The Decision To Translate The Hampton Court Conference
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    43The Lobbying Begins: The Puritan Petition
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min    44Richard Bancroft: Archbishop In Waiting
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min    45The Hampton Court Conference
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 15 min    46The Decision: A New Translation By Royal Authority
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 12 min    47In The Meantime: James I, 1604–11
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 16 min    488. Translation: The Englishing Of The Bible
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    49Richard Bancroft's Translation Rules
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    50Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants: The Role Of Earlier English Translations
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min    51The Second Cambridge Company
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 9 min    52The Translation Process
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 12 min    53The Translators To The Reader: The Preface
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 21 min    549. Production:The Early Printings Of The King James Bible
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min    55The King'S Printer: The Royal Privilege
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min    56The Technology Of The First Printing
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 16 min    57The Presentation Of The Text In The First Printing
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 19 min    58Errors In Early Printings Of The King James Bible
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min    5910. Translators And Traitors: The Problems Of Bible Translation
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    60The Apocrypha
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 12 min    61The New Testament
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 12 min    62RARE WORDS
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 12 min    63The Divine Name
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    64New Testament Greek: Some Issues Of Translation
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 9 min    65The Gospels: The Synoptic Issue
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min    66The Text To Be Translated
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 12 min    67Poetry In The Bible
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min    68What Is Translation Anyway?
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min    6911. The Bible And The Shaping Of Modern English
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    70Eloquence By Accident: Accuracy Of Translation As The Primary Goal Of The King James Bible
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min    71Factors In The Shaping Of Modern English
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min    72The Acceptance Of Foreign Terms And Phrases
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min    73DOUAI-RHEIMS
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min    74King James Bible
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min    75Hebrew Idioms In The King James Bible
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min    761. ‘Thou And’ ‘You’
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    77Genesis 40:12–14
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min    78LUKE 4:5–8
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min    79ACTS 24:1–4
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    80William Tyndale (1525)
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min    813. ‘His’ And ‘Its’
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 15 min    8212. Triumph: The Final Acclamation Of The King James Bible
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min    83Early Reactions
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    84The Battle Of The Bibles: Charles I And The War Against The Geneva Bible
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min    85Ambivalence: The Puritan Commonwealth
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min    86Restoration: The Final Acceptance Of The King James Bible
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min    87The King James Bible In America
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min    88The First Printed American Bibles
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 16 min    89The Transparency Of The Text
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    90The Power Of Religious Prose
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min    91Taming The Text: Naughty Words And A Prudish Culture
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min    92The Demand For Revision
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min    93CONCLUSION
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min    94A Comparison of Historic English Translations: Psalm 23
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min    95Wycliffite Bible, C. 1384
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min    96Bishops Bible, 1568
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min    97Douai Old Testament, 1609–10
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min    98A Biblical Timeline
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min    99List Of Works Consulted
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 26 min

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