Title: Manifold greatness : the making of the King James Bible /
Authors: Moore, Helen; Reid, Julian.; Bodleian Library.; Folger Shakespeare Library.
Publisher: Bodleian Library,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Bodleian Library Exhibitions.; Folger Shakespeare Library Exhibitions.; Bible. Versions Authorized.; Bible. Versions Authorized History.; Bible Translating England History
Abstract: This books tells the fascinating story of the creation and immediate afterlife of the first and most popular Bible in English. With over 60 illustrations of manuscripts, artifacts, and archival material, this beautiful book presents essays by leading scholars, including Diarmaid MacCulloch.
Contents: Before the King James Bible / Diarmaid MacCulloch and Elizabeth Solopova -- Origins of the Project / Judith Maltby and Helen Moore -- The Oxford translators / Julian Reid -- Materials and methods / Gareth Lloyd Jones, Helen Moore and Julian Reid -- The 1611 King James Bible and its cultural politics / Hannibal Hamlin, Judith Maltby and Helen Moore -- Afterlives of the King James Bible, 1611-1769 / Peter McCullough and Valentine Cunningham -- The King James Bible in America / Hannibal Hamlin -- The lives of the early English Bibles : treasures from the Folger Shakespeare Library / Steven K. Galbraith -- The translators of the King James Bible.