The Word (novel) The Word (novel) The Word is a 1972 mystery thriller novel by Irving Wallace, which explores the origin of the New Testament of the Bible. The plot of the novel is based around the discovery within Roman ruins of a new gospel written by Jesus' younger brother, James in the first century. In the gospel, many facts of Jesus' life, including the years not mentioned in the Bible, are revealed not to be as factual as they were once thought to be. Steven Randall, a divorced public relations executive running his own company in New York City, is the man
400th anniversary of the King James Version 400th anniversary of the King James Version 2011 was the 400th anniversary of the King James Version, when a series of events and exhibitions took place commemorating the four-hundredth anniversary of the publication of the King James Version in 1611. The Shakespeare's Globe theatre marked the anniversary by a week-long complete recital of the work during Holy Week 2011, along with a revival of its 2010 production of "Anne Boleyn", which dealt with the King James Version's inception. The Royal Shakespeare Company commissioned a new play, "Written on the Heart", also dealing with the KJV translation, to premiere in October