The King James version of the English Bible
Subtitle: an account of the development and sources of the English Bible of 1611 with special reference to the Hebrew tradition.
Publisher: Archon Books
Published: 1968
Place of publication: [Hamden, Conn.]
Language: eng; heb
Number of pages: 228
Subjects: Bible. -- Versions -- Authorized; Bible. -- History
Description: Mr. Daiches first traces the history of English Bible translation, then makes a lengthy excursus into the development of Hebrew scholarship in Europe, and finally studies the work of the translators against a background of their times, differentiating between the two forces which produced such scholarship: the "back to the Bible" movement of the reformers and the disinterested scholarship that was a feature of the Renaissance. Of particular importance are the author's textual investigations of the rendering of Isaiah and his discussions of Greek and Hebrew scholarship in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. - Jacket.
Notes: Bibliographical footnotes.