the new king james bible came out in 1982.
the new king james bible came out in 1982.
when did the new king james bible come out?
1982
in the late twentieth century, bibles increasingly appeared that were much less literal in their approach to translation. in 1946, the new english bible was initiated in the united kingdom, intended to enable readers to better understand the king james bible. in 1958, j. b. phillips (1906–1982) produced an edition of the new testament letters in paraphrase, the "letters to young churches", so that members of his youth group could understand what the new testament authors had written. in 1966, "good news for modern man", a non-literal translation of the new testament, was released to wide acceptance. others followed suit. the living bible, released in 1971, was published by its author kenneth n. taylor, based on the literal american standard version of 1901. taylor had begun because of the trouble his children had in understanding the literal (and sometimes archaic) text of the king james bible. his work was at first intended for children, but was later positioned for marketing to high school and college students, as well as adults wishing to better understand the bible. like phillips' version, the living bible was a dramatic departure from the king james version.
modern english bible translations
so when towards the end of the conference two puritans suggested that a new translation of the bible be produced to unify better the anglican church in england and scotland, james embraced the idea. he could not only be rid of those inconvenient annotations, but he could have greater influence on the translation of the bible as a whole. he commissioned and chartered a new translation of the bible which would eventually become the most famous version of the bible in the history of the english language. originally known as the "authorized version" to be read in churches, the new bible would come to bear his name as the so-called king james bible or king james version (kjv). the first and early editions of the king james bible from 1611 and the first few decades thereafter lack annotations, unlike nearly all editions of the geneva bible up until that time. initially, the king james version did not sell well and competed with the geneva bible. shortly after the first edition of the kjv, king james banned the printing of new editions of the geneva bible to further entrench his version. however, robert barker continued to print geneva bibles even after the ban, placing the erroneous date 1599 on new copies of genevas which were actually printed circa 1616 to 1625.
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