{"product_id":"authorized-the-use-and-misuse-of-the-king-james-bible-9781683590552","title":"Authorized: The Use and Misuse of the King James Bible","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Mark Ward\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Lexham Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Lexham Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Biblical Studies - Exegesis \u0026amp; Hermeneutics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe King James Version has shaped the church, our worship, and our mother tongue for over 400 years. But what should we do with it today? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe KJV beautifully rendered the Scriptures into the language of turn-of-the-seventeenth-century England. Even today the King James is the most widely read Bible in the United States. The rich cadence of its Elizabethan English is recognized even by non-Christians. But English has changed a great deal over the last 400 years, and in subtle ways that very few modern readers will recognize. In \u003cem\u003eAuthorized\u003c\/em\u003e Mark L. Ward, Jr. shows what exclusive readers of the KJV are missing as they read God's word.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn their introduction to the King James Bible, the translators tell us that Christians must \"heare CHRIST speaking unto them in their mother tongue.\" In \u003cem\u003eAuthorized\u003c\/em\u003e Mark Ward builds a case for the KJV translators' view that English Bible translations should be readable by what they called \"the very vulgar,\" and what we would call \"the man on the street.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexham Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45146167017623,"sku":"9781683590552","price":1016.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781683590552.webp?v=1767104534","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/authorized-the-use-and-misuse-of-the-king-james-bible-9781683590552","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}