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The Bible: Authorized King James Version
Robert Carroll (Ed.)
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Description for The Bible: Authorized King James Version
Paperback. Editor(s): Carroll, Robert; Prickett, Stephen. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 1824 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: HRCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1168.
The Bible is the most important book in the history of Western civilization, and also the most difficult to interpret. It has been the vehicle of continual conflict, with every interpretation reflecting passionately-held views that have affected not merely religion, but politics, art, and even science. This unique edition offers an exciting new approach to the most influential of all English biblical texts - the Authorized King James Version, complete with the Apocrypha. Its wide-ranging Introduction and the substantial notes to each book of the Bible guide the reader through the labyrinth of literary, textual, and theological issues, ... Read more
The Bible is the most important book in the history of Western civilization, and also the most difficult to interpret. It has been the vehicle of continual conflict, with every interpretation reflecting passionately-held views that have affected not merely religion, but politics, art, and even science. This unique edition offers an exciting new approach to the most influential of all English biblical texts - the Authorized King James Version, complete with the Apocrypha. Its wide-ranging Introduction and the substantial notes to each book of the Bible guide the reader through the labyrinth of literary, textual, and theological issues, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
1824
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
1824
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199535941
SKU
V9780199535941
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About Robert Carroll (Ed.)
Robert Carroll has taught Semitic languages and the Hebrew/English Bible for 30 years at Glasgow University, where he is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Semitic Studies. Stephen Prickett has held the Chair of English at the Australian National University in Canberra, and has taught at Sussex and Minnesota Universities and Smith College, Massachusetts. He is currently Regius Professor of English ... Read more
Reviews for The Bible: Authorized King James Version
The World's Classics Bible [is] a quite extraordinary success. It is learned but entirely accessible, full of fascinating information ... and executed with great skill and enthusiasm
Frank Kermode
[The editors] seem to have read everything ... and their commentary consistently illuminates everything it touches upon, from the meaning of single words to the largest issues ... A ... Read more
Frank Kermode
[The editors] seem to have read everything ... and their commentary consistently illuminates everything it touches upon, from the meaning of single words to the largest issues ... A ... Read more