A Lecture by
Adam Nicolson
Author of
Power and Glory: Jacobean England and the Making
of the King James Bible
Why is the King James Bible so good?
The greatest translation of the Bible ever made had its roots in the
England that nurtured Shakespeare, Jonson and Donne. It takes its
qualities from that moment of linguistic dynamism and high
scholarship, a turbulent society, in which puritan and bishop, the
desire for individual freedom and the desire for order, tussled for
the soul of the Church of England. The Bible they made is so good
because in 1611 that struggle was not yet resolved.
Monday 27 June 2011 at 7.00pm
St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle
Admission: Free by named ticket only
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