The King James Bible was translated by a group of about 47 scholars, divided into six committees at Oxford, Cambridge, and Westminster. Each committee was responsible for translating a specific ...

NEW YORK — At the Museum of Biblical Art in Manhattan, a portrait of King James I, who ascended to the English throne in 1603, looks out on display cases of rare Bibles. In 1604, King James authorized ...

Drew University graduate student Brian Shetler with the 1611 King James Bible he found in the university library. (Lynne DeLade | Drew University) MADISON -- A graduate student at Drew University has ...

Discover the fascinating origins, creation and impact of the 1611 King James Bible as the Cary Graphic Arts Collection at Rochester Institute of Technology commemorates the 400th anniversary of one of ...

To people wandering by, the big book in a display case on the Central Library's sixth floor might look like just an old, heavy volume of forgotten prose about who knows what. But to Frank Faulkner, ...

At Hampton Court, in a crook of the River Thames in London, John Reynolds made a request of the new king. Representing a group of Puritan ministers at a conference on ...

The King James Version of the Bible was published on this day in history, May 2, 1611 King James I authorized the first official English-language version of the Bible in 1604. It was published in 1611 ...

With the 400th anniversary of the King James Version (KJV) on the horizon, expect to see a cloud of dust rising from the march of all things commemorative. As Campbell, professor of Renaissance ...

(RNS) 1604. England. Rebellious Puritans, establishment Anglicans and Roman Catholics are at each other’s throats. A new king fears his reign will combust in a powder keg of religious strife and ...