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Manifold Greatness: The Making of the King James Bible
Helen Moore (Ed.)
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Paperback. 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, artefacts, and archival material, this beautiful book presents essays by leading scholars, including Diarmaid MacCulloch. Editor(s): Moore, Helen; Reid, Julian. Num Pages: 208 pages, 65 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; HRCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 184 x 19. Weight in Grams: 792. The Making of the King James Bible. 208 pages, 65 colour illustrations. Editor(s): Moore, Helen; Reid, Julian. 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, artefacts, and archival material, this beautiful book presents essays by leading scholars, including Diarmaid MacCulloch. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JD; HRCF. Dimension: 249 x 184 x 19. Weight: 792.
Manifold Greatness: the Making of the King James Bible tells the story of the creation and immediate afterlife of the King James translation of the bible, first published in 1611. The King James Bible is the most printed book in existence, with one billion copies in print. Its effect on the English language is incalculable, both in common parlance and in literature. Richly illustrated with manuscripts, artefacts, and archival material concerning the Oxford Translators such as the annotated Bodleian Bishops’ Bible of 1602, pages from the Wycliffite and Tyndale bibles and an edition of the Bishop’s Bible owned by ... Read more
Manifold Greatness: the Making of the King James Bible tells the story of the creation and immediate afterlife of the King James translation of the bible, first published in 1611. The King James Bible is the most printed book in existence, with one billion copies in print. Its effect on the English language is incalculable, both in common parlance and in literature. Richly illustrated with manuscripts, artefacts, and archival material concerning the Oxford Translators such as the annotated Bodleian Bishops’ Bible of 1602, pages from the Wycliffite and Tyndale bibles and an edition of the Bishop’s Bible owned by ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
792g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781851243495
SKU
V9781851243495
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Ref
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About Helen Moore (Ed.)
Helen Moore is Fellow and Tutor in English at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and Lecturer in the Faculty of English, University of Oxford. Julian Reid is Archivist at Merton and Corpus Christi Colleges, Oxford, with shared responsibility for archives and manuscript collections.
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