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Article: Wide as the Waters: the story of the English Bible and the Revolution It Inspired. (Books: biographies of the book).(Review)
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- The Christian Century
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- November 7, 2001
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Wide as the Waters: The Story of the English Bible and the Revolution It Inspired. By Benson Bobrick. Simon & Schuster, 379 pp., $26.00.
THE ELDERLY churchgoer who declares that "if the King James Bible was good enough for St. Paul, then it's good enough for me" has long since passed into legend, but the tale of our English Bibles remains a fascinating narrative, replete with heroes, villains, plot twists and a surprising denouement. Benson Bobrick captures the romance by focusing on the heroic early Bible translators. He appreciates the Bible's history prior to the 1611 Authorized Version, a history that stretches from John Wycliffe through William Tyndale to ...