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A bureaucratic holiness.(God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible)(Book review)
God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible, by Adam Nicolson; Harper Perennial, 2004, US$13.95.
I FOUND THIS BOOK, published simultaneously as God s Secretaries in the United States and as Power and Glory in Great Britain, hard to put down. It brilliantly captures the spirit of an age that's often thought of as a hiatus between the Elizabethan era and the Civil War. It reminds us of Jacobean England's unique history, and how the story of the King James Bible is inseparable from that history.
The book's power owes much to the author's romantic belief that literary genius is a product of incongruity, whether psychological or social. In stressing ...
- THE KING JAMES BIBLE NOW AVAILABLE FOR THE PSION SERIES 3A PALMTOP
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 17, 1996 700+ words
...announced the availability of the King James Bible for the Psion Series 3a palmtop...3a makes it easy to study the King James Bible, 66 books in total. "Now...book or all 66 books of the King James Bible with the touch of a button...
- Book explores the making of the King James Bible.('Power and Glory: Jacobean...
- Newspaper article from: M2 Best Books April 21, 2003 700+ words
...book looks at the story of the King James Bible of the early 17th century...England and the Making of the King James Bible' and priced at GBP18.99 in...Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible' and a price of USD24.95...
- The language of light; The King James Bible.("God's Secretaries: The Making of...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) April 19, 2003 700+ words
King James I wanted a Bible that would unite his...influenced English as profoundly as the King James Bible of 1611. Its phrases and rhythms have...s Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible. By Adam Nicolson.
- The story of the King James Bible.(Power and Glory: Jacobean England and the...
- Magazine article from: Contemporary Review Kernohan, R.D. December 1, 2003 700+ words
...England and the Making of the King James Bible. Adam Nicolson. HarperCollins...falls apart, everything in the King James Bible pulls together; one is a nightmare...Hebridean fisherfolk. 'The King James Bible', says Mr Nicolson, 'gave...
- AUTHOR ANALYZES THE LASTING INFLUENCE OF THE KING JAMES BIBLE.(Life and...
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) July 12, 2001 700+ words
...origins can be traced to the King James Bible, and the adages are just one...literary landmark. "Without the King James Bible, there would have been no...Bible." The arrival of the King James Bible was a watershed moment in English...
- A volcano, not a book; The King James Bible shaped both our language and...
- Magazine article from: The Report Newsmagazine Greenfield, Nathan M. July 9, 2001 700+ words
...BEGINNING: The Story of the King James Bible and How it Changed a Nation...translation-revision known as the King James Bible. Both Alister McGrath, an...the enduring influence of the King James Bible upon the English language...
- In the Beginning The Story of the King James Bible and How it Changed a Nation,...
- Magazine article from: History Today MacCulloch, Diarmaid August 1, 2001 700+ words
...the Beginning The Story of the King James Bible and How it Changed a Nation...language: Shakespeare and the King James Bible. He ignores the third monument...share one common text: the King James Bible. McGrath clearly and effectively...
- In the Beginning: The Story of the King James Bible and How It Changed a...
- Magazine article from: The Christian Century Felch, Susan M. November 7, 2001 700+ words
In the Beginning: The Story of the King James Bible and How It Changed a Nation, a Language, and a Culture...THE ELDERLY churchgoer who declares that "if the King James Bible was good enough for St. Paul, then it's good enough...
