The King James Version (KJV), also known as Authorized Version (AV) or simply King James Bible (KJB), is an English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England begun in 1604 and completed in 1611.
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King James Version KJV. Version Information. In 1604, King James I of England authorized that a new translation of the Bible into English be started. It was finished in 1611, just 85 years after the first translation of the New Testament into English appeared (Tyndale, 1526).
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Printed English Bibles Before the King James Version. The Newe Testamente Faythfully Translated. Zrich: Christoffer Froschauer, 1550. [11], CCCCXLVI, [1] leaves : ill. ; 13 cm. An extensively damaged copy of William Tyndale's New Testament; published in Zrich in 1550.
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It was first printed by the King's Printer Robert Barker and was the third translation into English approved by the English Church authorities. The first had been the Great Bible, commissioned in the reign of King Henry VIII (1535), and the second had been the Bishops' Bible of 1568.
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Printed English Bibles Before the King James Version. Zrich: Christoffer Froschauer, 1550. [11], CCCCXLVI, [1] leaves : ill. ; 13 cm. An extensively damaged copy of William Tyndale's New Testament; published in Zrich in 1550. This copy is erroneously associated with another early translator, Miles Coverdale.
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Tyndale's first complete version of the New Terstament was printed in Worms in 1526. He revised the work in 1534. He was imprisoned outside of Brussels in 1535 and tried for heresy. In October 1536, he was strangled and then his body was burned. The King James Version made great use of his translation.
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King James's Bible is used as the name for the 1611 translation (on a par with the Genevan Bible or the Rhemish Testament) in Charles Butler's Horae Biblicae (first published 1797).
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(August 2008) The New King James Version (NKJV) is a translation of the Bible published by HarperCollins (a subsidiary of News Corp). The New Testament was published in 1979, the Psalms in 1980, and the full Bible in 1982. It took seven years to complete.
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The King James Bible: Its History and Influence February 28 - July 29, 2012. Four centuries after its first printing, the King James Bible (1611) remains one of the most influential books in the English language.
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What is the history of the King James Bible? The King James Version of the Bible, released in 1611, was authorized by King James in order to have as accurate a translation as possible, which could be printed and widely circulated. The original Old Testament writings were in Hebrew and the New Testament in Greek.
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when was the king james bible printed
The King James Bible was printed in 1611. The King James Bible was printed on 1611. The king James Bible was printed in 1611.