01831cam a22002294a 450000100090000000300060000900500170001500800410003201000170007302000260009004000180011605000230013408200190015710000290017624501170020526000450032230000420036750400660040950510130047563000300148885600830151815176642AUA.120151111120504.0080211s2008    miua     b    001 0 eng    a  2008005492  a9780801013164 (cloth)  aDLCcDLCdDLC00aBS 455b.B635 200800a220.5/20092221 aBrake, Donald L.,d1939-12aA visual history of the English Bible :bthe tumultuous tale of the world's bestselling book /cDonald L. Brake.  aGrand Rapids, MI :bBaker Books,cc2008.  a349 p. :bchiefly col. ill. ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 333-339) and indexes.  a1. Ancient Bibles: the triumph of beauty, the tyranny of power--
2. He dared to act: John Wycliffe and the Bible in English--
3. The man of the millennium: the triumph of the Press over the Quill--
4. He dared to take a stand: the monk becomes a knight--
5. The fire of devotion: the plowman reads the Bible--
6. A political pastor struggles in exile: the pastor survives and his Psalms endure--
7. A royal court intrigue: the first "authorized" Bible--
8. Theology influences Bible versions: notes to aid the reader--
9. The clergy's version: a Bible longing for an audience--
10. The Catholic church responds: from sacred Latin to vulgar English--
11. A royal translation: splendors of the Stuart court--
12. The King's Bible revised: from King James to Queen Victoria--
13. The source for English translations: the battle for a standard Greek text--
14. The Bible in America: at war and peace--
15. The Bible as bestseller: "as wide as the waters be"--
16. The people triumph: the Bible for all seasons.

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