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The Faithful Word: The Making of the King James Bible. David Sorenson presents a fascinating account of the events leading up to the making of the King James Version of the Bible. First, the author presents the history of the traditional received text. He then sets forth the fascinating history of how God used the intrigue in England, convulsing from a Roman Catholic to a Protestant nation, and how those in the immediate lineage of the KJV were burned at the stake for putting the Bible into English. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the King James Bible and the Bible translation debate. Hard bound 240 pages.
Veteran author David Sorenson presents a fascinating account of the events leading up to the making of the King James Version of the Bible.
In its over 400 years of existence, more than six billion copies of the King James Bible have been published. That is more than any other Bible. In fact, it is more than all other versions put together.
In Sorenson’s other books on the Bible and textual debate, he has focused on the corruption and problems associated with modern Bibles. In this book, however, the author presents the history of the traditional received text with details of the Reformation-era editors Erasmus, Stephanus, and Beza. He then sets forth the fascinating history of intrigue as England convulsed from being a Roman Catholic nation to Protestant, including how those in the immediate lineage of the KJV were burned at the stake.
The author presents a captivating history of James Stuart (a.k.a., King James) who was in all probability the most godly king since Josiah. The reader will learn how 1,000 Puritan preachers persuaded James to authorize a new translation of the Bible. This book is a must read for anyone interested in the King James Bible and the Bible translation debate.
Dr. David Sorenson was once an adherent to the modern critical text and encouraged use of the New American Standard Bible. However, in about 1982 a pastor friend gave him a copy of a book entitled Which Bible? by Dr. David Otis Fuller. Sorenson’s eyes were opened to the apostasy and corruption associated with the modern critical text, which is the foundation for virtually all modern Bibles.
In the following years, he became knowledgeable on the subject, writing three books on the issue: Touch Not the Unclean Thing, God’s Perfect Book, and Neither Oldest Nor Best. In these books, Sorenson documents the serious problems associated with the critical text.
In this book, however, Sorenson presents the history of the traditional received text and its later godly editors and publishers, along with the history of James Stuart, his accession to the throne of England, and how he was influenced to authorize a new translation of the Bible.
