The front cover indicates the scope of Daniell’s subject—the 3,000 translations and many more editions that constitute “the Bible in English.” The woodcut delimits his perspective—the formative role ...

The King James Version of the Bible, the most popular book in the English language, was published according to scholarly estimate on this day in history, May 2, 1611.

Precisely 451 years after the June 19, 1566, birth of King James I of England, one achievement of his reign still stands above the rest: the 1611 English translation of the Old and New Testaments ...

History sometimes fails to recognize the brilliance of a true pioneer, ... (1494?-1536), who first translated the Bible into English from the original Greek and Hebrew text, ...

See rare bibles in English at the Bible Museum in Goodyear. ... Lampe hopes to educate others about the English Bible, a book that has shaped history and has had more than 40 translations.

The King James Version of the Bible was published on this day in history, May 2, 1611. King James I authorized the first official English-language version of the Bible in 1604.

During one of my Saturday morning flea market forays, I stumbled upon a small 17th-century bible. It was fragile, in need of a new binding and repair. Opening it gingerly, I saw that the work was ...

As history goes, Boleyn, who was devoutly religious Protestant, championed both religious and poverty reform in the country, including translating the bible into English.