{"product_id":"9781683590552","title":"Authorized: The Use and Misuse of the King James Bible","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe King James Version has shaped the church, our worship, and our mother tongue for over 400 years. But what should we do with it today? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe KJV beautifully rendered the Scriptures into the language of turn-of-the-seventeenth-century England. Even today the King James is the most widely read Bible in the United States. The rich cadence of its Elizabethan English is recognized even by non-Christians. But English has changed a great deal over the last 400 years―and in subtle ways that very few modern readers will recognize. In \u003ci\u003eAuthorized\u003c\/i\u003e Mark L. Ward, Jr. shows what exclusive readers of the KJV are missing as they read God's word.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn their introduction to the King James Bible, the translators tell us that Christians must \"heare CHRIST speaking unto them in their mother tongue.\" In \u003ci\u003eAuthorized\u003c\/i\u003e Mark Ward builds a case for the KJV translators' view that English Bible translations should be readable by what they called \"the very vulgar\"―and what we would call \"the man on the street.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexham Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47059180486896,"sku":"9781683590552","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781683590552_p0.jpg?v=1769889891","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781683590552","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}