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Let It Go Among Our People: An Illustrated History of the English Bible from John Wyclif to the King James Version
Charles C. Ryrie David Price
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Description for Let It Go Among Our People: An Illustrated History of the English Bible from John Wyclif to the King James Version
Hardcover. Tells the story of the birth of the English Bible, the development of its literary style, and its political history. This book analyzes the language used in the Bible, viewing the whole as literature, whilst studying its translation, and comparing important passages in different versions. It is illustrated with incunabula and other early books. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 199 x 20. Weight in Grams: 740.
2004 marked the 400th anniversary of the decision, taken in January 1604 at the Hampton Court Conference, to produce a new Bible, the King James. However, the history of the English Bible is not widely known. Let It Go among Our People is the story of the birth of the English Bible, the development of its literary style, and its tumultuous political history. In England, unlike almost every other country, it was illegal to translate the word of God into the vernacular. This ban lasted one hundred and twenty-seven years. Overcoming the political and ecclesiastical resistance to an English Bible ... Read more
2004 marked the 400th anniversary of the decision, taken in January 1604 at the Hampton Court Conference, to produce a new Bible, the King James. However, the history of the English Bible is not widely known. Let It Go among Our People is the story of the birth of the English Bible, the development of its literary style, and its tumultuous political history. In England, unlike almost every other country, it was illegal to translate the word of God into the vernacular. This ban lasted one hundred and twenty-seven years. Overcoming the political and ecclesiastical resistance to an English Bible ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Lutterworth Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780718830427
SKU
V9780718830427
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About Charles C. Ryrie David Price
David Price is a specialist in Renaissance Studies with a PhD from Yale University; he currently teaches at Southern Methodist University. Charles Ryrie received doctorates from Dallas Theological Seminary and the University of Edinburgh, and spent his career teaching Bible and Theology; the study of the history of the Bible has been a serious vocation for him for over four ... Read more
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