1. Majesty and Light: the legacyof the King James BibleHoly Trinity Episcopal Church Oxford, Ohio Adult Forum Anglican Spirituality series Advent, 2007Let me know if the title is OK.

2. e Collect for 1 Advent Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.Holy Trinity Adult Forum, Advent 2007: the King James Bible 3. Psalm 46, KJV 1 God is our refuge and strength; a verypresent help in trouble. 2 erefore will not we fear, though the earthbe removed, and though the mountainsbe carried into the midst of the sea; 3 ough the waters thereof roar and betroubled, though the mountainsshake with the swelling thereof. Selah.Holy Trinity Adult Forum, Advent 2007: the King James BibleA little digression about Shakespeare 4. Psalm 46, KJV 9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cueth the ear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the re. 10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen; I will be exalted in the earth. 11e LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.Holy Trinity Adult Forum, Advent 2007: the King James Bible 5. Early Bible translations Lords Prayer, Anglo-Saxon, late 10th century Fder ure, thu the eart on heofonum, Si thin nama gehalgod. To becume thin rice, Gewurthe thin willa, On eorthan swa swa on heofonum. Urne gedghwamlican hlaf syle us todg, And forgyf us ure gyltas, Awa swa we forgyfath urum gyltendum. And ne geld thu us on costnunge, Ac alys us of yfele. Sothlice.Holy Trinity Adult Forum, Advent 2007: the King James Bible 6. John Wyclif, c. 1320-1384 Educated at Oxford Ordained priest Active against clerical abuses Translations based on Latin Vulgate Banned in 1401 Circulated in manuscripts onlyHoly Trinity Adult Forum, Advent 2007: the King James Bible 7. William Tyndale, 1494-1536 Ordained a priest 1515 Studied at Cambridge (under Erasmus?) I defy the Pope, and all his laws; and if Godspares my life, I will cause the boy that drivesthe plow in England to know more ofScriptures than the Pope. Based on Hebrew and Greek manuscripts First English translation printed (in Europe) Opposed Henry VIIIs divorce Condemned by Cardinal Wolsey,strangled and burned at the stakeHoly Trinity Adult Forum, Advent 2007: the King James Bible 8. the Tyndale Bible New words introduced to English: Jehovah (from transliterated Hebrew YHWH) Passover (from pesach) Atonement (= at + onement, from kippur) Scapegoat New phrases: let there be light the powers that be my brothers keeper the salt of the earth God forbid lthy lucre it came to pass gave up the ghostHoly Trinity Adult Forum, Advent 2007: the King James Bible 9. the Tyndale Bible Controversial translations: Elder from Greek presbyteros Congregation from Greek ekklesia Overseer rather than Bishop Great inuence on later translations Preface to the RSV: the King James Bible kept the felicitous phrases and apt expressions, from whatever source, which had stood the test of public usage. It owed most, eecially in the New Teament, to Tyndale.Holy Trinity Adult Forum, Advent 2007: the King James Bible 10. Geneva Bible c. 1560 Produced by Englishmen exiled during the reign of Mary Based on Tyndale, with new original translations Strong Proteant (Calvinist), anti-monarchical tone --tyrant appears over 400 times (not in KJV) Many marginal notes and commentaries Called the Breeches Bible from description of EdenHoly Trinity Adult Forum, Advent 2007: the King James Bible 11. Bishops Bible Authorized version dating from Elizabethan times Another revision of Tyndale Inuenced by Geneva Bible, but without the annotations Never achieved wide popularity, in part because of costHoly Trinity Adult Forum, Advent 2007: the King James Bible 12. Douai Bible Smuggled in to England during Elizabeths reigna/k/a Douay-Rheims Bible Produced by and for Roman Catholics Translation of the Latin Vulgate Like the Geneva Bible, contained annotations Also like Geneva, highly polemical (but in favor of Roman Catholicism)Holy Trinity Adult Forum, Advent 2007: the King James BibleThis would be the last slide in my rst part. 13. Majesty and light above: Puritan interior, Langley Chapel, Shropshirele: Marble Ha of Cecils HateldHoly Trinity Adult Forum, Advent 2007: the King James BibleFirst slide in my second part. 14. Majesty and light From Miles Smiths Preface to the King James Bible, e Translators to the Reader: Zeal to promote the common good, whether it be by devising anything ourselves, or revising that which hath been labored by others, deserveth certainly much reect and eeem, but yet ndeth but cold entertainment in the world. . . Translation it is that openeth the window, to let in the light; that breaketh the shell, that we may eat the kernel; that pueth aside the curtain, that we may look into the most Holy place; that removeth the cover of the well, that we may come by the water . . .Holy Trinity Adult Forum, Advent 2007: the King James Bible 15. e process of translation Genesis 1Tyndale Bible (1526; normalized eing):In the beginning God createdheaven and earth.e earth was void and empty,and darkness was upon the deep,and the spirit of God movedupon the water.Holy Trinity Adult Forum, Advent 2007: the King James Bible 16. e process of translation Genesis 1Geneva Bible (normalized eing):In the beginning God created theheaven and the earth.And the earth was without form andvoid, and darkness was upon the deep,and the spirit of God moved upon thewaters.Holy Trinity Adult Forum, Advent 2007: the King James Bible 17. e process of translation Genesis 1King James Bible (normalized eing):In the beginning God created theHeaven, and the Earth.And the earth was without form, andvoid, and darkness was upon the faceof the deep: and the spirit of Godmoved upon the face of the waters.Holy Trinity Adult Forum, Advent 2007: the King James Bible 18. e process of translation Genesis 1World English Bible:In the beginning God created theheavens and the earth. Now the earthwas formless and empty. Darkness wason the surface of the deep. Gods spiritwas hovering over the surface of thewaters.Holy Trinity Adult Forum, Advent 2007: the King James Bible 19. e process of translation Genesis 1Revised Standard Version:In the beginning God created theheavens and the earth. e earth waswithout form and void, and darknesswas upon the face of the deep; and thespirit of God was moving over thesurface of the waters.Holy Trinity Adult Forum, Advent 2007: the King James Bible 20. e process of translation Genesis 1New Revised Standard Version:In the beginning when God created theheavens and the earth, the earth was aformless void and darkness covered theface of the deep, while a wind fromGod swept over the surface of thewaters.Holy Trinity Adult Forum, Advent 2007: the King James Bible 21. Notable KJV printings He and She Bibles of 1611: Ruth 3.15: and he went into the city Wicked Bible of 1631: Exodus 20.14: ou shalt commit adultery (printers ned 300 pounds) Vinegar Bible of 1717: Luke 20: error for VineyardHoly Trinity Adult Forum, Advent 2007: the King James BibleLast slide in my second part. I may drop it. 22. e legacy of the KJV Lincolns Second Inaugural Address, Saturday, March 4, 1865Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that thismighty scourge of war may eedily pass away. Yet, ifGod wills that it continue until all the wealth piled bythe bondsmans two hundred and y years ofunrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop ofblood drawn with the lash shall be paid by anotherdrawn with the sword, as was said three thousandyears ago, so still it must be said the judgments of theLord are true and righteous altogether.Holy Trinity Adult Forum, Advent 2007: the King James BibleMy nal segment. Psalm 19:9 23. e legacy of the KJVHoly Trinity Adult Forum, Advent 2007: the King James BibleThis is a brief movie from MLKs speech to the March on Washington, 1963.