What's Great About the King James Bible?

I particularly reading this piece on the significance of the King James Bible:

Why All the Fuss Over King James Bible?

By Larry Stone

2011 is the 400th anniversary of the King James Version of the Bible. This year books have been published about the translation, about the KJV's influence, and even about the bi-numeral King James himself -- he was King James VI of Scotland and King James I of England and Ireland. There are conferences and exhibits. Lionsgate released an excellent movie with John Rhys-Davies presenting "The amazing tale of the birth of the King James Bible." And the National Mall in Washington, D.C., hosted a two-day King James Bible Expo.

Why all the fuss about a 400-year-old Bible translation? Over the last 60 years an incredible number of new Bible translations have been published. And with each one, the publisher has tried to convince us that the KJV is difficult to understand, told us it is inaccurate in parts, and has explained why we need that publisher's new translation. And we have tended to believe the advertising rhetoric.

But there has never been a book as important as the King James Bible to our language, to our culture, and to our faith... (For the rest of the article click Here)

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