Introduction
by David Lyle Jeffrey

1. The "Opening of Windows": The King James Bible and Late Tudor Translation Theories
by Alister E. McGrath (King's College London)

2. Translating Majesty: The King James Bible, John Milton, and the English Revolution
by Laura L. Knoppers (Penn State University)

3. The King James Bible in Britain from the Late Eighteenth Century
by David W. Bebbington (Baylor University)

4. The King James Version at 300 in America: "The Most Democratic Book in the World"
by Mark Noll (University of Notre Dame)

5. The King James Bible, Mission, and the Vernacular Impetus
by Lamin Sanneh (Yale University)

6. Regions Luther Never Knew: Ancient Books in a New World
by Philip Jenkins (Penn State University)

7. The Question of Eloquence in the King James Version
by Robert Alter (University of California, Berkeley)

8. The Word That Endureth Forever: A Century of Scholarship on the King James Version
by Beth Allison Barr (Baylor University Press)

Notes

Notes on Contributors