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UNINA9910790354403321 |
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Autore |
Norton David |
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Titolo |
The King James Bible : a short history from Tyndale to today / / David Norton [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2010 |
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1-107-21837-3 |
1-139-20942-6 |
1-280-87900-9 |
1-139-22225-2 |
9786613720313 |
0-511-97544-9 |
1-139-21744-5 |
1-139-21436-5 |
1-139-22396-8 |
1-139-22053-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 218 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-208) and index. |
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Machine generated contents note: List of illustrations; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Predecessors; 2. Drafting the King James Bible; 3. 'I was a translator'; 4. Working on the King James Bible; 5. 1611: the first edition; 6. Printing, editing and the development of a standard text; 7. Reputation and future. |
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The King James Bible was the result of an extraordinary effort over nearly a century to make many good English translations and turn them into what the translators called 'one principal good one, not justly to be excepted against'. David Norton traces the work of Tyndale and his successors, analysing the translation and revisions of two representative passages. His fascinating new account follows in detail the creation of the KJB, including attention to the translators' manuscript work. He also examines previously unknown evidence such |
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