1. THE KING JAMES VERSION The History of English Language Ashy Chen 100501012

2. THE HOLY BIBLE, Containing the Old Testament, AND THE NEW: Newly Translated out of the Original tongues: & with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by his Majesties special Commandment The Authorized Version (AV) ◦ King James Version (KJV) ◦ King James Bible (KJB) An English translation of the Christian Bible by the Church of England 1604 ~1611

3. History of English Translation of the Bible: Early Modern English 1525 Willian Tynadale ◦ first real English translation of the New Testament ◦ 1537 Thomas Matthew finished it ◦ → Matthew’s Bible 1535 Miles Coverdale ◦ full translation ◦ → Coverdale’s Bible

4. 1538 Henry VIII ◦r◦r evision of Matthew’s Bible ◦→◦→ the Great Bible/Whitchurch’s Bible 1560 Calvinist English Protestants exiled in Geneva → the Geneva Bible 1568 Anglican authorities commissioned → the Bishop’s Bible 1582 exiled English Catholics → Douay-Rheims Bible

5. 1604 King James VI of Scotland and I of England Hampton Court Conference Puritans ◦ Simplify the ceremonies ◦ Problems of earlier translations ◦ Mistranslation ◦ The Great Bible & The Bishop’s Bible ◦ Correct in The Geneva Bible ◦ Establish one Bible for the whole country

6. Most popular Good translation Notes ◦ Calvinistic ◦ Anti-monarchical ◦ Exodus 1:17 notes ◦ "Their disobedience to the king was lawful, though their dissembling was not." The Geneva Version is the Worst?!

7. Facts about KJV 15 official instructions to translators Revised the Bishops‘ Bible and consulted other earlier versions The printing process included many errors in early editions ◦ ‘he’ → ‘she’ ◦ ‘Jesus’ → ‘Judas’ ◦ 1631 edition, “Wicked Bible” ◦ Failed to put ‘not’ in Exodus 20:14 ◦ 'Thou shalt commit adultery,'

8. Copyright status ◦ In the public domain in most of the world ◦ In the UK, only publishers with the Crown licenses have the right to print, publish and distribute KJV

9. Influence of KJV “The most influential version of the most influential book in the world, in what is now its most influential language” “The most important book in English religion and culture“ “The most celebrated book in the English-speaking world"

10. Development of the English language ◦ It is Shakespeare and KJV that make English a written and intelligent language ◦ 257 English idioms  A two-edged sword  Nothing new under the sun Mostly read in English-speaking world ◦ United States

11. Comparison Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic (Latin) Different words with same translation ◦ 14 different Hebrew → "prince“ Different translation to the same word ◦ Romans Chapter 5: ◦ 2 By whom also wee have accesse by faith, into this grace wherein wee stand, and rejoyce in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not onely so, but we glory in tribulations also, knowing that tribulation worketh patience

12. Different translation from other versions ◦ New International Version (NIV) ◦ New American Standard Bible (NASB) ◦ Balance between word-to-word and thought-to-thought NIV, NASB vs. KJV ◦ Men vs. Holy men ◦ Spirit vs. Holy Ghost

13. King-James-Only Movement KJVO 1930s King James Bible (KJB) Insisted that people can trust no English translation but only KJB KJB hold all the definition within the text, and no other sources are acceptable

14. References http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorized_King_James_Version http://www.bible-researcher.com/mcafee2.html http://www.av1611.org/kjv/kjvhist.html http://lavistachurchofchrist.org/LVarticles/OriginOfKJV.htm http://www.greatsite.com/timeline-english-bible-history/ http://www.servantofjesuschrist.com/articles/biblecomparisons. html http://www.servantofjesuschrist.com/articles/biblecomparisons. html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_International_Version http://www.york.edu/news/2011/documents/Commonidioms.pd f http://www.york.edu/news/2011/documents/Commonidioms.pd f http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King-James-Only_movement

15. THANK YOU !! "The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times." - Psalms 12:6, KJV