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RCR · 05-26-2011, 04:57 PM

The King James Bible turns 400 this year. There's a number of excellent books about how it came to be written. "In the Beginning" by Alistair McGrath is one of my favourites.

"Begat..." by David Crystal is a newish one. Crystal writes about the influence the KJV has had on the English language. Amazon has a "Click to look inside" preview that includes the book's Index of Expressions. Just those pages are worth a browse. The reviews lead me to suspect it may be a bit shallow though, so it's probably a "Buy" for me when it turns into a cheap Kindle.

05-26-2011, 04:57 PM	#1
RCR Addict Posts: 334 Karma: 992487 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: 2 x Sony 505, iPad, Samsung 7 Tablet, ASUS Transformer, Nexus 7	Happy birthday to King James Bible. The King James Bible turns 400 this year. There's a number of excellent books about how it came to be written. "In the Beginning" by Alistair McGrath is one of my favourites. "Begat..." by David Crystal is a newish one. Crystal writes about the influence the KJV has had on the English language. Amazon has a "Click to look inside" preview that includes the book's Index of Expressions. Just those pages are worth a browse. The reviews lead me to suspect it may be a bit shallow though, so it's probably a "Buy" for me when it turns into a cheap Kindle.