The Bible: Authorized King James Version

Robert Caroll, Robert P. Carroll, Stephen Prickett

Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1997 - Religion - 1732 pages

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, using the most up-to-date scholarship to demonstrate how and why the Bible has affected the literature, art and general culture of the English-speaking world.
The Bible: Authorized King James Version also includes the latest biblical research, evaluated and put into context as well as discussing centuries of critical opinion. A non-sectarian, historical approach makes it suitable for a wide range of readers. A Glossary of terms used in the Notes and six maps of the Holy Land further illuminate the meaning of this most culturally influential version of the Bible.

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About the author

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 Literature at Glasgow University.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Bible: Authorized King James Version; Oxford World's Classics; World's classics
• Editors: Robert Caroll, Robert P. Carroll, Stephen Prickett
• Contributors: Robert Caroll, Robert P. Carroll, Stephen Prickett
• Edition: illustrated, reprint, reissue
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1997
• ISBN: 0192835254, 9780192835253
• Length: 1732 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Bibles / King James; Religion / Biblical Reference / Language Study; Religion / Christian Theology / General