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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

Theology
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Chapters 99
  1. Acclaim for Alister McGrath'sIN THE BEGINNING ≈ 3 min
  2. CONTENTS ≈ 1 min
  3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ≈ 2 min
  4. PREFACE ≈ 2 min
  5. INTRODUCTION ≈ 8 min
  6. 1. UNKNOWN TO THE ANCIENTS: THE NEW TECHNOLOGY ≈ 2 min
  7. The Social Revolution:The New Middle Class ≈ 7 min
  8. JOHANNES GUTENBERG AND THE ORIGINS OF PRINTING ≈ 12 min
  9. THE FIRST PRINTED BIBLES ≈ 11 min
  10. A Vernacular Bible:The Wycliffite Versions ≈ 10 min
  11. 2. THE RISE OF ENGLISH AS A NATIONAL LANGUAGE ≈ 6 min
  12. THE TRIUMPH OF FRENCH AND THE MEDIEVAL NEGLECT OF ENGLISH ≈ 4 min
  13. A TURNING POINT: THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY ≈ 6 min
  14. RELIGION AND THE VERNACULAR: THE YORK MYSTERY PLAYS ≈ 4 min
  15. ENGLISH: A LANGUAGE OF CULTURE AND LEARNING? ≈ 10 min
  16. 3. THE GREAT TUMULT: THE REFORMATION ≈ 1 min
  17. THE RISE OF INDIVIDUALISM ≈ 7 min
  18. MARTIN LUTHER: PIONEER OF REFORM ≈ 15 min
  19. THE INDULGENCE CONTROVERSY ≈ 10 min
  20. TRANSLATION AND POWER: THE REFORMATION AND THE VERNACULAR ≈ 12 min
  21. THE PRESSURE FOR TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE ≈ 14 min
  22. HENRY VIII AND THE ENGLISH REFORMATION ≈ 15 min
  23. 4. THE FIRST PRINTED ENGLISH BIBLES ≈ 1 min
  24. THE PIONEER: WILLIAM TYNDALE ≈ 15 min
  25. TYNDALE'S NEW TESTAMENT: PRECURSOR OF THE KING JAMES BIBLE ≈ 17 min
  26. THE ATTEMPT TO SUPPRESS TYNDALE'S TRANSLATION ≈ 22 min
  27. THE FIRST PRINTED ENGLISH BIBLES ≈ 9 min
  28. AN OFFICIAL ENGLISH BIBLE: THE GREAT BIBLE OF 1539 ≈ 11 min
  29. 5. EXPLAINING THE “HARD PLACES”: THE GENEVA BIBLE ≈ 2 min
  30. THE REFORMATION OF GENEVA ≈ 6 min
  31. JOHN CALVIN AND GENEVA ≈ 11 min
  32. RELIGIOUS REFUGEES AND THE GENEVAN ECONOMY ≈ 12 min
  33. THE BIBLE: TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION ≈ 3 min
  34. THE GENEVA BIBLE ≈ 21 min
  35. THE INITIAL ELIZABETHAN RESPONSE TO THE GENEVA BIBLE ≈ 9 min
  36. THE TRIUMPH OF THE GENEVA BIBLE ≈ 7 min
  37. 6. A PURITAN KING? THE ACCESSION OF KING JAMES ≈ 5 min
  38. THE FAULT LINES: TENSIONS WITHIN LATE ELIZABETHAN PROTESTANTISM ≈ 9 min
  39. THE SUCCESSION: FROM ELIZABETH ITO JAMES I ≈ 7 min
  40. THE NEW KING: A CRITIC OF PURITANISM ≈ 5 min
  41. THE NEW KING: AN ENEMY OF THE GENEVA BIBLE ≈ 19 min
  42. 7. THE DECISION TO TRANSLATE THE HAMPTON COURT CONFERENCE ≈ 2 min
  43. THE LOBBYING BEGINS: THE PURITAN PETITION ≈ 5 min
  44. RICHARD BANCROFT: ARCHBISHOP IN WAITING ≈ 7 min
  45. THE HAMPTON COURT CONFERENCE ≈ 15 min
  46. THE DECISION: A NEW TRANSLATION BY ROYAL AUTHORITY ≈ 12 min
  47. IN THE MEANTIME: JAMES I, 1604–11 ≈ 16 min
  48. 8. TRANSLATION: THE ENGLISHING OF THE BIBLE ≈ 3 min
  49. Richard Bancroft's Translation Rules ≈ 4 min
  50. STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS: THE ROLE OF EARLIER ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS ≈ 6 min
  51. THE SECOND CAMBRIDGE COMPANY ≈ 9 min
  52. THE TRANSLATION PROCESS ≈ 12 min
  53. THE TRANSLATORS TO THE READER: THE PREFACE ≈ 21 min
  54. 9. PRODUCTION:THE EARLY PRINTINGS OF THE KING JAMES BIBLE ≈ 1 min
  55. THE KING'S PRINTER: THE ROYAL PRIVILEGE ≈ 6 min
  56. THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE FIRST PRINTING ≈ 16 min
  57. THE PRESENTATION OF THE TEXT IN THE FIRST PRINTING ≈ 19 min
  58. ERRORS IN EARLY PRINTINGS OF THE KING JAMES BIBLE ≈ 10 min
  59. 10. TRANSLATORS AND TRAITORS: THE PROBLEMS OF BIBLE TRANSLATION ≈ 4 min
  60. THE APOCRYPHA ≈ 12 min
  61. THE NEW TESTAMENT ≈ 12 min
  62. RARE WORDS ≈ 12 min
  63. THE DIVINE NAME ≈ 3 min
  64. NEW TESTAMENT GREEK: SOME ISSUES OF TRANSLATION ≈ 9 min
  65. THE GOSPELS: THE SYNOPTIC ISSUE ≈ 5 min
  66. THE TEXT TO BE TRANSLATED ≈ 12 min
  67. POETRY IN THE BIBLE ≈ 10 min
  68. WHAT IS TRANSLATION ANYWAY? ≈ 8 min
  69. 11. THE BIBLE AND THE SHAPING OF MODERN ENGLISH ≈ 2 min
  70. ELOQUENCE BY ACCIDENT: ACCURACY OF TRANSLATION AS THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE KING JAMES BIBLE ≈ 6 min
  71. FACTORS IN THE SHAPING OF MODERN ENGLISH ≈ 5 min
  72. THE ACCEPTANCE OF FOREIGN TERMS AND PHRASES ≈ 8 min
  73. DOUAI-RHEIMS ≈ 1 min
  74. KING JAMES BIBLE ≈ 2 min
  75. HEBREW IDIOMS IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE ≈ 7 min
  76. 1. ‘THOU AND’ ‘YOU’ ≈ 4 min
  77. GENESIS 40:12–14 ≈ 1 min
  78. LUKE 4:5–8 ≈ 1 min
  79. ACTS 24:1–4 ≈ 4 min
  80. WILLIAM TYNDALE (1525) ≈ 1 min
  81. 3. ‘HIS’ AND ‘ITS’ ≈ 15 min
  82. 12. TRIUMPH: THE FINAL ACCLAMATION OF THE KING JAMES BIBLE ≈ 3 min
  83. EARLY REACTIONS ≈ 4 min
  84. THE BATTLE OF THE BIBLES: CHARLES I AND THE WAR AGAINST THE GENEVA BIBLE ≈ 10 min
  85. AMBIVALENCE: THE PURITAN COMMONWEALTH ≈ 7 min
  86. RESTORATION: THE FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE KING JAMES BIBLE ≈ 6 min
  87. THE KING JAMES BIBLE IN AMERICA ≈ 8 min
  88. THE FIRST PRINTED AMERICAN BIBLES ≈ 16 min
  89. THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE TEXT ≈ 4 min
  90. THE POWER OF RELIGIOUS PROSE ≈ 6 min
  91. TAMING THE TEXT: NAUGHTY WORDS AND A PRUDISH CULTURE ≈ 6 min
  92. THE DEMAND FOR REVISION ≈ 5 min
  93. CONCLUSION ≈ 1 min
  94. A Comparison of Historic English Translations: Psalm 23 ≈ 1 min
  95. WYCLIFFITE BIBLE, C. 1384 ≈ 1 min
  96. BISHOPS BIBLE, 1568 ≈ 1 min
  97. DOUAI OLD TESTAMENT, 1609–10 ≈ 1 min
  98. A BIBLICAL TIMELINE ≈ 4 min
  99. LIST OF WORKS CONSULTED ≈ 26 min
AuthorAlister E. McGrath
LanguageEnglish
EraContemporary
CategoriesTheology
Length99 chapters · ≈ 12 h 51 min read
FormatsWeb Book · EPUB

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