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In the Beginning : The Story of the King James Bible and How it Changed a Nation, a Language, and a Culture by Alister E. McGrath

In the Beginning : The Story of the King James Bible and How it Changed a Nation, a Language, and a Culture

Alister E. McGrath

352 pages hardcover 2001

5 editions

nonfiction history religion challenging informative slow-paced
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In the sixteenth century, to attempt to translate the Bible into a common tongue wasn't just difficult, it was dangerous. A Bible in English threatened the power of the monarch and the Church. Early translators like Tyndale, whose work greatly inf...

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