God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible (Audiobook)

from fuzzi

This is not a Christian work. It is a history of the people and the times surrounding the translation and publication of the world's best-selling book. And it is an engaging account, with only a little bit of bias exhibited in the writing. The author used and credited the research of others, expa...

from john257hopper

This is a very well written book, as befits the language of its subject, and it describes marvellously the atmosphere of England at a time of great change - the end of the Tudor/Elizabethan age and the birth of the Stuart/Jacobean age. It puts across very effectively the point that the Jacobean v...

from setnahkt

According to God's Secretaries author Adam Nicolson, the King James Bible is the only great work of literature ever produced by a committee. I concur with that, and might go a little further- it's the only great work of any kind ever produced by a committee. Nicolson is perhaps an odd choice for ...

from ALincolnNut

The year 2011 marks the 400th anniversary of the original publication of the King James version of the Bible. The remarkable achievement, almost universally considered a masterpiece of English language, was produced by a culture in the midst of political and religious transition. In particular, t...

from ALincolnNut

The year 2011 marks the 400th anniversary of the original publication of the King James version of the Bible. The remarkable achievement, almost universally considered a masterpiece of English language, was produced by a culture in the midst of political and religious transition. In particular, t...