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Old 05-26-2011, 04:57 PM   #1
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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.
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Yep, it's been in print for a very long time. I've seen reproductions of the 1st edition in the stores as well and things have changed (starting with the font) since the first KJV was printed.
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