King James’ Bible Helle Ly Tomberg

Before the King James’ Bible  John Wycliffe – first complete Bible in English 1382  William Tyndale – first printed English translation of New Testament 1525  Matthew-Tyndale Bible 1537

The Bibles used by the end of the 16th century  The Great Bible of 1539, Comissioned by Henry VIII  The Geneva Bible of 1560, the main protestant Bible  The Bishops’ Bible of 1568  The Douai-Rheims Bible of 1582

King James’ Bible  Was published in 1611  Was translated at the request of the king  John Reynolds suggested a new translation of the Bible at a 1604 Conference of Bishops and Theologians at Hampton Court

The Creation of the Bible  From the scholars engaged in Private research  From the work was assembled  In 1610 the work went to press  In 1611 ‘The King James’ Bible’ came off the printing press

Translators  Were the best linguists and scholars of that time  54 were chosen, but only 47 finished the 7- year project  Took into consideration: Tyndale New Testament, The Coverdale Bible, The Matthews Bible, The Great Bible, The Geneva Bible, and even the Rheims New Testament.  translators had to give diligent attention to the rhythm and punctuation

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