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<strong>Libraries</strong> <strong>Alive</strong><br />
<strong>Libraries</strong> <strong>Alive</strong> Staff<br />
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The book that changed the world<br />
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THE KING JAMES BIBLE: Christianity’s Definitive Text. Corzine,<br />
Phyllis. Lucent Books 2000. 96p, 9781560066736 [220.52]. Currently out of<br />
print, but available from resellers.<br />
Corzine has written a short, faithful, readable summary of the creation of<br />
the King James Bible and its impact in the context of the times. The book<br />
is suitable for youth and young adults as well as for the general reader; it<br />
assumes less knowledge of history than most other works about the KJV. Well illustrated,<br />
with numerous black-and-white photos, reproductions and drawings.<br />
WIDE AS THE WATERS: The Story of the English Bible and the<br />
Revolution it Inspired. Bobrick, Benson. Penguin 2002, 392p, paper,<br />
9780142000595 [220.5] Currently out of print, but available from resellers.<br />
Bobrick focuses on the turbulent times between the first English translation<br />
of the Bible, sponsored by John Wyclif in 1382, until the publishing of the<br />
King James Version in 1611. He writes a thoroughly engrossing political and<br />
religious history of the era, showing that placing the Scriptures in the hands of laypeople<br />
was indeed a revolutionary act.<br />
Facsimiles of the Original 1611 KJV<br />
THE HOLY BIBLE: King James Version, 400th Anniversary, 1611 Edition. The<br />
complete Old and New Testaments without the Apocrypha. Hendrickson 2010,<br />
9781598568844.<br />
HOLY BIBLE, 1611 KING JAMES VERSION: 400th Anniversary Edition. Zondervan<br />
2011, 9780310440291.<br />
1611 KING JAMES VERSION, 400TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIVE<br />
EDITION. Thomas Nelson 2011, 9781418544171.<br />
KING JAMES BIBLE: 400th Anniversary Edition. Oxford University Press 2010,<br />
9780199557608.<br />
Karen Flynn is librarian at White Bear Lake United Methodist <strong>Church</strong>, White Bear<br />
Lake, Minnesota, and a regular book reviewer for <strong>Libraries</strong> <strong>Alive</strong>.<br />
Butterworth, Charles C. The Literary Lineage of the King James Bible 1340-1611.<br />
University of Pennsylvania Press, 1941.<br />
Opfell, Olga S. The King James Bible Translators. McFarland, 1982.<br />
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