A Textual History of the King James Bible and the New Cambridge Paragraph Bible Hardback Set with Book: (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: David Norton has recently re-edited the King James Bible for Cambridge University and this book arises from his intensive work on that project. He reveals here how the text of the most important Bible in the English language was made, and how it was changed... Details...

History of the Bible in English: (Lutterworth) Publisher's Comments: A comprehensive study of translations of the Bible into English. Bruce traces the story from its beginnings to the publication of contemporary versions, and shows the impact of some of the translations on the development and use of the English language. Details...

How the Bible Became a Book: The Textualization of Ancient Israel: (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: For the past two hundred years Biblical scholars have usually assumed that the Hebrew Bible was essentially written and edited in the Persian and Hellenistic periods (the fifth-through-second centuries BCE). Recent archaeological evidence and insights from ... Details...

In Discordance with the Scriptures: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: The story of the translation of the Bible in America begins with the King James Version. In fact, many Americans thought of the KJV as the foundational text of the Republic, rather than a cultural inheritance from Anglican Britain. In the nineteenth century... Details...

The King James Version Debate: A Plea for Realism: (Baker) Publisher's Comments: Some Christians proclaim that the King James Bible alone is inspired. The author refutes this view, explaining how texts differ and are used in translation. Details...

The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable?: (Eerdmans) Publisher's Comments: Because Christianity claims to be a historical revelation, says Bruce, the quesion of the reliability of the documents on which it was founded is a crucial one. Here he presents the most convincing evidence for the historical trustworthiness of the canon of... Details...

The Origin of the Bible: (Tyndale) Publisher's Comments: Many books have been written about the Bible, but few explain its origins. This volume provides a fascinating overview of how the Bible was first inspired, canonized, read as sacred literature, copied in ancient Hebrew and Greek manuscripts, and eventually ... Details...

The TNIV and the Gender-Neutral Bible Controversy: (Broadman & Holman Publishers) Publisher's Comments: “The Bible is God’s own Word to us.” Translating the words of God has become an even more daunting task in recent years as the pressure of “political correctness” and various activist agendas have sought to influence the landscape. No issue has bec... Details...