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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 of ...

3. King James Only movement - Wikipedia

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   King James Only movement. The First Page of the Book of Genesis in the 1611 printing of the KJV. The King James Only movement (also known as King James Onlyism or KJV Onlyism) asserts the belief that the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible is superior to all other English translations of the Bible. Adherents of the King James Only movement ...

4. Scofield Reference Bible - Wikipedia

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   Scofield Reference Bible. Cover of a 1917 edition of the Scofield Bible presented as a gift in 1941. The Scofield Reference Bible is a widely circulated study Bible. Edited and annotated by the American Bible student Cyrus I. Scofield, it popularized dispensationalism at the beginning of the 20th century. Published by Oxford University Press ...

5. Quaker Bible - Wikipedia

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   Modern Jewish (1853– ) Bible portal. v. t. e. The Quaker Bible, officially A new and literal translation of all the books of the Old and New Testament; with notes critical and explanatory, is the 1764 translation of the Christian Bible into English by Anthony Purver (1702–1777), a Quaker. The translation was published in two Volumes in ...

6. History of the Puritans under King James I - Wikipedia

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   In January 1604, King James I convened the Hampton Court Conference, where a new English version was conceived in response to the problems of the earlier translations perceived by the Puritans, who preferred the Geneva Bible. The King James version slowly took over the place of the Geneva Bible had among the Puritans.

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 Douay Rheims Bible by 22 years, and 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.