The Literary Lineage of the King James Bible, 1340-1611 / Charles C. Butterworth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Butterworth, Charles C., author.

Series:

Anniversary Collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible.

Bible--English--History--17th century.

Bible--English--History--16th century.

Bible--English--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Genre:

History

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1941]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

I. Introductory

II. Bible Language

III. The Persistence of English Speech

IV. Wycliffe and Caxton

V. William Tyndale and George Joye

VI. The Critical Point: 1534

VII. The First Printed English Bibles

VIII. The English Bible Becomes Established

IX. The Coming of The Geneva Bible

X. Anglican and Catholic Versions

XI. The King James Bible: Its Preparation and Publication

XII. The King James Bible: Derivation of its Literary Style

Appendices

Index to Scriptural Citations

General Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-383) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 19. Jan 2018)

ISBN:

9781512815030

1512815039

OCLC:

1024052056