The Flourishing of

Early Modern English

(King James Bible)
PRESENTATION
 Creation

The King James Version (KJV),

also the King James
Bible (KJB), 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.
General notes

The 80 books of the King

James Version include 39
books of the Old Testament, 14
books of Apocrypha, and the 27
books of the New Testament.
 Bible’s history

The KJV was the third

translation into English
language approved by the
English Church authorities: The
first had been the Great Bible
and the second had been the
Bishops' Bible.
The process

The translation was done by 6

panels of translators (47 men in
all, most of whom were leading
biblical scholars in England)
who had the work divided up
between them.
 Language selection

In common with most other

translations of the period, the
New Testament was translated
from Greek, the Old Testament
from Hebrew and Aramaic, and
the Apocrypha from Greek and
Latin.
Peculiarities

So what is the reason this bible

is considered to be a precious
of EME? In contradiction to
Shakespeare works, the King
James Bible doesn’t consist of
many new words and idioms, it
just brings to perfection the
existing one.
 Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_James_Versio
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgSDd6Bkatg&t=278s
• Hogg R. A History of the English Language / R. Hogg, D.Denison. - Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press, 2006. – 495 p.