King James Bible

The Oxford American College Dictionary;      33 words ...King James Bi·ble (also King James Version ) • n. an English translation of the Bible made in 1611 at the order of King James I and still widely used. Also called Authorized Version , chiefly in the UK.

When Words Get in the Way of the Word; Language of Venerable King James...

The Washington Post;  June 12, 1993 ;     558 words ...Ever since colonial days, the King James Version of the Bible has been standard...Hebrew and Greek by scholars appointed by King James I of England, it was published in 1611...William Shakespeare, in whose lifetime the King James Version appeared. But now, as the King...

The Word King James Version of the Bible still holds its own after 395...

The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL;  May 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ......most enduring translation available: the King James Version. Schieler works with the Fairbury...he said. The old-style English of the King James Version makes every Bible book poetic...the NIV. But of the preachers surveyed, King James was favored by 23 percent, ranking it...

AUTHOR ANALYZES THE LASTING INFLUENCE OF THE KING JAMES BIBLE.(Life and...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  July 12, 2001 ;     700+ words ......found in the Bible, specifically the King James version. There are many more sayings...English whose origins can be traced to the King James Bible, and the adages are just one example of the extraordinary influence the King James has had on the English language. As Oxford...

Silly Billy; HISTORIAN SAYS KING WILLIAM III WAS A DUD GENERAL WHO NEARLY...

The Mirror (London, England);  November 24, 2003 ;     700+ words ......chance of total victory by allowing King James and his army to escape. Seventeenth...scales. The book maintained that if King James had shown any leadership at all his...tough general, some historians maintain King William of Orange was a sensitive man who may...UNCERTAINTY: Book has ...

A Bible fit for a king The King James Bible is more than 'the good book',...

The Sunday Telegraph London;  April 6, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Jacobean England and the Making of the King James Bible by Adam Nicolson HarperCollins...Bible, snorted indignantly that if the King James Bible was good enough for St Paul, it...essential aspect of the 1611 story, that the King James Bible enterprise was at the heart of...

The everlasting legacy of King James

The Spectator;  July 14, 2001 ;     700+ words ......that the castaways' Bible should be the King James version; he should have done, for it...solitude, indeed any time at all with. The King James Bible is an extraordinary work both in...the enviable task of writing about the King James Bible, how it was 'translated' and who...

King William of Rome.

The Daily Mail (London, England);  June 27, 2007 ;     444 words ......of the Boyne? THOSE who annually celebrate the victory of King William of Orange at the Battle of the Boyne would be shocked to learn...held belief that the Pope must have favoured the Catholic King James II, the politics of the day dictated a different turn of events...

CELEBRATING WITH HISTORY; King James' School in Almondbury is 400 years...

Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  February 26, 2008 ;     541 words ......anniversary of the charter which set up King James' School in Almondbury. And as the oldest...is something we are very proud of at King James's. These results show the fantastic steps...then write down as part of their work. King James' School facts It has 840 pupils Famous...

KING JAMES TO BUY FORMER CENTERIOR BLDG.: DEVELOPER PLANNING $3M...

Crain's Cleveland Business;  June 14, 1999 ;     312 words ......Westlake-based real estate developer. King James Group has a contract with FirstEnergy...adjacent acres, said Lewis Wallner Jr., King James president. He is performing due diligence...sell the 250,000-square-foot building to King James. However, Ms. Baird declined to disclose...

A panoramic view of the King James Bible's origins [In the beginning: the...

Anglican Journal;  December 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......pages, $38.95 A panoramic view of the King James Bible's origins GORDON BAKER BOOK REVIEW...READING two books on the creation of the King James Bible, the influence of which has followed...Transcribed] In The Beginning, the Story of the King James Bible and how it changed a Nation, ...

King James jumps into character after scoring cartoon contract

Call & Post;  August 17, 2006 ;     331 words ......POWERade comes the cartoon character tales of King James. LeBron lends his voice and likeness to King James, for a serialized string of entertainment...of cartoons and comics, so seeing the King James character battling fictional foes in an...

The language of light; The King James Bible.("God's Secretaries: The...

The Economist (US);  April 19, 2003 ;     700+ words ...King James I wanted a Bible that would unite his...influenced English as profoundly as the King James Bible of 1611. Its phrases and rhythms...and cobblers could understand. But the King James was composed in an English that had never...

The horseman in King James I.(Essay)

The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Buckingham was the favorite and sweet wife of King James I. Villiers parlayed his homosexuality--not...Elizabeth I died without an heir, Scotland's King James VI was invited to be King James I of England. When James Stuart arrived in...

LANDMARK: King James's Grammar School.(Features)

Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  January 15, 2008 ;     231 words ...IT was not until 1952 that pupils of King James's Grammar School discovered their school...school in 1954, contains the seal of King James and rules for pupils and teachers. In...CAPTION(S): ON PARADE: Students from King James's Grammar School make their way up into...