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2. King James Version - Wikipedia

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   The King James Version ( KJV ), also the King James Bible ( KJB) and the Authorized Version ( AV ), is an Early Modern English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England, which was commissioned in 1604 and published in 1611, by sponsorship of King James VI and I. [ d][ e] The 80 books of the King James Version include 39 books ...

3. Deuterocanonical books - Wikipedia

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   There is a great deal of overlap between the Apocrypha section of the original 1611 King James Bible and the Catholic deuterocanon, but the two are distinct. The Apocrypha section of the original 1611 King James Bible includes, in addition to the deuterocanonical books, the following three books, which were not included in the list of the ...

4. Early Modern English Bible translations - Wikipedia

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   The King James Version was first published in 1611 as a complete Bible (Herbert #309) and a New Testament (Herbert #310). Translated by 47 translators using the widest range of source texts, it became known as the "Authorized Version" in England and is the most widely used of the Early Modern English Bible translations.

5. Protestant Bible - Wikipedia

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   The Anglican King James VI and I, the sponsor of the Authorized King James Version (1611), threatened to fine and imprison anyone who omitted the Apocrypha. [4] The Souldiers Pocket Bible, of 1643, draws verses largely from the Geneva Bible but only from either the Old or New Testaments.

6. Robert Barker (printer) - Wikipedia

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   Robert Barker (died 1643) was a printer to James I of England and son of Christopher Barker, who had been printer to Queen Elizabeth I. He was most notably the printer of the King James Bible, one of the most influential and important books ever printed in the English language. He and co-publisher Martin Lucas published the infamous "Wicked ...

7. Geneva Bible - Wikipedia

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   The Geneva Bible is one of the most historically significant translations of the Bible into English, preceding the King James Version by 51 years. [ 1] It was the primary Bible of 16th-century English Protestantism and was used by William Shakespeare, [ 2] Oliver Cromwell, John Knox, John Donne and others.