Engelished by L Tomson. Together with the Annotations of _Fr Junius_
upon the Revelation of S. John. Imprinted at London by the Deputies
of Christopher Barker, Printer to the Queene's Most Excellent
Majestie--1599." The volume opens with a primitive version of the
Psalms in verse, then follow the Old Testament, the Apocrypha and the
New Testament, as in Bibles of the present day.
The version of the Scriptures now in use among Protestants was
translated by the authority of King James I., and published in 1611.
Fifty-four learned men were appointed to accomplish the work of
revision, but from death or other causes seven of the number failed
to enter upon it. The remaining forty-seven were ranged under six
divisions, different portions of the Bible being assigned to each
division. They entered upon their task in 1607, and after three years
of diligent labor the work was completed. This version was generally
adopted, and the former translations soon fell into disuse. The
authors of King James's version of the Bible included the most learned
divines of the day; one of whom was master of Latin, Greek, Hebrew,
Chaldee, Syriac and fifteen modern languages.
Among other rare and highly-coveted editions of the Bible is one
printed in England in the seventeenth century, in which the important
word _not_ was omitted in the seventh commandment, from which
circumstance it has ever since been known as "The Adulterer's Bible.
Pages:
289
290
291
292
293
294
295
296
297
298
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313