What better day than Easter Sunday to remember that the King James Bible is 400 years old this year? Commissioned by King James I of England, the Bible was intended to be the official and definitive ...

Shakespeare was still alive when this Bible was published. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Shortly after he ascended the English ...

A page of the original King James Bible Garry Wilmore - Flickr/Creative Commons When an archive yields an unexpected discovery, it's usually cause for celebration. But when that discovery involves the ...

The King James Bible, the most famous version of the world’s most influential book, was published on this day in history, May 2, 1611. "The King James, or Authorized, Version of the Bible remains the ...

But Ryken, a professor of English at Wheaton College in Illinois, isn't a King James-only believer, and his service on the translation oversight committee of the English Standard Version (ESV) puts ...

HOLYHEAD, Wales — When people talk about the influence of the King James Bible on the English language, they are usually thinking of the many idioms that have come into the language with a biblical ...

A great legacy: James I, King of England and Scotland, commissioned the 1611 text Credit: Photo: Heritage Images/Corbis Standing in Stationers’ Hall, next to St Paul’s Cathedral, on a cold winter’s ...

ICE cold and cloudless, tower-blocks and tenements etched against the Glasgow sky, it is a heavenly day to be hurrying through the city to keep an appointment with a book. The Book, in fact - a first ...

A vicar clearing out a cupboard at his church found a forgotten first edition King James Bible dating back to 1611. There are believed to be fewer than 200 such Bibles still in existence. The Rev Dr ...

Every state primary and secondary school in England is to receive a copy of the King James Bible. Around 24,000 Bibles are being distributed to schools this week by the Department for Education to ...