AUTHORIZED
THE USE & MISUSE of the KING JAMES BIBLE
MARK WARD
Authorized: The Use & Misuse of the King James Bible
Copyright 2018 Mark Ward
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Print ISBN: 9781683590552
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Except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.
—Paul in his first epistle to the Corinthians (KJV)
What is the use of correct speech if it does not meet with the listener’s understanding? There is no point in speaking at all if our words are not understood by the people to whose understanding our words are directed. The teacher, then, will avoid all words that do not communicate; if, ...
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About Authorized: The Use & Misuse of the King James BibleThe King James Version has shaped the church, our worship, and our mother tongue for over 400 years. But what should we do with it today? The KJV beautifully rendered the Scriptures into the language of turn-of-the-seventeenth-century England. Even today the King James is the most widely read Bible in the United States. The rich cadence of its Elizabethan English is recognized even by non-Christians. But English has changed a great deal over the last 400 years—and in subtle ways that very few modern readers will recognize. In Authorized Mark L. Ward, Jr. shows what exclusive readers of the KJV are missing as they read God’s word. |
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