ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, MARCH 24, 1603, KING JAMES I ASCENDS TO THRONE: AMERICAN COLONIZER, BIBLE NAMESAKE. Robert Aitken, a Philadelphia bookseller born in Scotland, published a version of the ...

The English Bible, King James Version Vol. 1, The Old Testament Edited by Herbert Marks (Norton Critical Editions, 2,280 pp., $22.50) Vol. 2, The New Testament and The Apocrypha ...

If nothing else, the 400th anniversary of the King James Version of the Bible this year is proving that passions run deep about the translation known for its Shakespearean sound. Commissioned by En… ...

King James tasked teams of translators in London, Cambridge and Oxford to write an English version of the Bible that would better reflect the principles of the Church of England. Ward was part of ...

The King James Version of the Bible, also known as the "Authorized Version," marks its 400th anniversary in 2011, and by any measure, it has had a lasting impact on the world and on the lang.