A Textual History of the King James Bible and The New Cambridge Paragraph Bible
2 Volume Hardback Set
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- Author: David Norton, Victoria University of Wellington
- Date Published: March 2005
- availability: Unavailable - out of print April 2011
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9780521844451
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David Norton has recently re-edited the King James Bible for Cambridge. This two-volume set comprises his new edition of the KJV (with the Apocrypha), and an accompanying volume describing the historical background to that project, explaining his editorial principles and providing substantial lists and tables of variant readings. Modern KJVs have until now been based on the 1769 version, which contains many layers of changes made, both knowingly and unintentionally, by successive printers and editors. Using evidence as diverse as the manuscript work of the original translators, and the results of extensive computer collation of electronically held texts, Norton has carefully stripped away accretions and errors, and produced a scholarly edition of the King James Bible for the new century that will restore the authority of the 1611 translation. This two-volume set will be indispensable to scholars of the English Bible, literature, and publishing history.
Read more- New Cambridge Paragraph Bible with companion volume by the same author explaining how he has revisited the original 1611 KJV, and discarded editorial alterations that crept in over time
- Provides unique material for understanding the recognised King James Bible, as well as offering a new text restoring the authority of the original translation
- The accompanying book lists and analyses the variant readings in early printings of the King James Bible
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- Date Published: March 2005
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9780521844451
- length: 2298 pages
- dimensions: 255 x 184 x 84 mm
- weight: 2.835kg
- contains: 10 b/w illus.
- availability: Unavailable - out of print April 2011
Table of Contents
The New Cambridge Paragraph Bible (with Apocrypha)
A Textual History of the King James Bible
Part I. The History:
1. Making the text
2. Pre-1611 evidence for the text
3. The first edition
4. The King's printer at work, 1612–17
5. Correcting and corrupting the text, 1629–1760
6. Setting the standard, 1762–1769
7. The current text
Part II. The New Edition:
8. Variants and orthography
9. Punctuation and other matters
Appendices 1-9.
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