The King James Bible, the most famous version of the world’s most influential book, was published on this day in history, May 2, 1611. "The King James, or Authorized, Version of the Bible remains the ...

An edition of the King James Bible, printed in 1611, was sold for more than five times its estimated value A rare ...

The rise and fall of the King James Bible. In the Beginning: The Story of the King James Bible and How It Changed a Nation, a Language, and a Culture, by Alister McGrath, Doubleday, 328 pp.; $24.95 ...

Shakespeare was still alive when this Bible was published. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Shortly after he ascended the English ...

American prose and the King James Bible. Robert Alter’s careful examination of the ways in which the KJV informed the novels of six significant American authors aims to record how “the resonant ...

A 400-year-old edition of the King James Bible, printed in 1611, has been sold at auction in York for £23,000—more than triple its estimated value.