Restoring holy order: Is the King James Bible the only version we should celebrate? It is a cornerstone of Western literature and culture. But as the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible ...

Shortly after he ascended the English throne in 1603, King James I commissioned a new Holy Bible translation that, more than 400 years later, is still widely read around the world.

In 1829, the American Bible Society announced its plan to put a King James by every hearth.

The King James is the seventh widely accepted English translation that comes from the Hebrew of the Old Testament and the ...

King James Bible First printed 400 years ago, it molded the English language, buttressed the “powers that be”—one of its famous phrases—and yet enshrined a gospel of individual freedom. No ...

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.

It was the Bible of the speeches of Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr., says author Jon Sweeney. “It’s the basis of cultural identity in the United States more than any other book.” ...

The impact of the King James Bible, which was published 400 years ago, is still being felt on the way we speak and write, says Stephen Tomkins.

The King James translation, first published 400 years ago, is celebrating a birthday of biblical proportions. It's no longer the top-selling Bible, but in those four centuries, it has woven itself ...

English-speaking Christians were handed the King James Bible 400 years ago. But much of it was copied from a translation made 50 years earlier by William Tyndale. Rev. Paul Cross, who teaches at ...