Tiny Church Finds They Own Original KJV Bible!

[CC1]

A small village church in England has discovered that the church Bible, on display in the open on a table, is an original 1611 King James Bible!! One of only 200 surviving of the orignal 400.

I am pasting a link to the video and printed news report below;

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/28/tiny-church-finds-original-king-james-bible/?hpt=C1

[Twisp]

That so cool. Just to be able to hold something that hold, with that much history behind it would be exhilarating.

[Socialite]

That's almost like touching the original manuscript itself :)


jk

[pelathais]

A small village church in England has discovered that the church Bible, on display in the open on a table, is an original 1611 King James Bible!! One of only 200 surviving of the orignal 400.

I am pasting a link to the video and printed news report below;

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/28/tiny-church-finds-original-king-james-bible/?hpt=C1

I for one would like to point out that this Bible has been preserved, with apparently the need of just one rebinding, for 400 years because its owners never left it under the windshield of their car.

... something to think about.

Happy 400th Birthday KJV.
:bdaycake

[Brad Murphy]

Just a random thought... if someone created a Surfer bible today... in 400 years would there be tongues and interpretations in Surfer talk?

[pelathais]

Just a random thought... if someone created a Surfer bible today... in 400 years would there be tongues and interpretations in Surfer talk?

Dude... :foottap

[Austin]

That is exciting to think the KJV withstood the test of time. But it is not the first English translation of older text. It was the first to be approved by King James so that the public citizens could read it. Now today just look how many secular controversies there are that have come out of one book. Surprising isn't it!

[Sister Alvear]

wow...

[Praxeas]

A small village church in England has discovered that the church Bible, on display in the open on a table, is an original 1611 King James Bible!! One of only 200 surviving of the orignal 400.

I am pasting a link to the video and printed news report below;

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/28/tiny-church-finds-original-king-james-bible/?hpt=C1
Im curious how that was possible. If that was in a museum they'd have it in an enclosed protective case to preserve it. wow

[pelathais]

Im curious how that was possible. If that was in a museum they'd have it in an enclosed protective case to preserve it. wow

Apparently, it was "chained" to a roster like most Bibles in Anglican churches of the time, for the first century or so of its life. It was "found" preserved in a chest in the priory in 1858, so it spent most of its life tucked away.

In 1858, it was rebound. Keep in mind, the paper and papyri used (especially for Bibles) in those day was acid free and of much higher quality than is generally available today. The pages look like parchment - leather skins - when being turned in the video. If they are not parchments, then they're of a very high quality of paper.

I take it no one knew of the Bible's unique quality until very recently, thus, perhaps explaining to rather lax care that was taken.

[Timmy]

Apparently, it was "chained" to a roster like most Bibles in Anglican churches of the time, for the first century or so of its life. It was "found" preserved in a chest in the priory in 1858, so it spent most of its life tucked away.

In 1858, it was rebound. Keep in mind, the paper and papyri used (especially for Bibles) in those day was acid free and of much higher quality than is generally available today. The pages look like parchment - leather skins - when being turned in the video. If they are not parchments, then they're of a very high quality of paper.

I take it no one knew of the Bible's unique quality until very recently, thus, perhaps explaining to rather lax care that was taken.

And they trimmed the top edge so it would fit! :uhoh

[pelathais]

And they trimmed the top edge so it would fit! :uhoh

That's okay. Lots of people trim the Bible to make it fit.

[Timmy]

That's okay. Lots of people trim the Bible to make it fit.

:spit :thumbsup

[Scott Hutchinson]

I guess they could read that old English pretty good ?

[Sam]

Just a random thought... if someone created a Surfer bible today... in 400 years would there be tongues and interpretations in Surfer talk?

in my opinion, yes

[Sam]

That is exciting to think the KJV withstood the test of time. But it is not the first English translation of older text. It was the first to be approved by King James so that the public citizens could read it. Now today just look how many secular controversies there are that have come out of one book. Surprising isn't it!

It is my opinion that the KJV was authorized by a pervert king to perpetuate the teachings of the Anglican Church and as a reaction against a Protestant Bible known as the Geneva Bible (which was the version brought by the Pilgrims to America).

[pelathais]

It is my opinion that the KJV was authorized by a pervert king to perpetuate the teachings of the Anglican Church and as a reaction against a Protestant Bible known as the Geneva Bible (which was the version brought by the Pilgrims to America).

I'm not a big "KJV fan" nor even an especially big King James I of England (James VI of Scotland) fan. That being said, the "reports" of James' "perversion" were even more specious than the reports of A.A. Allen's alcoholism, though at least with Allen we do have the autopsy results.

The only historical report of James' "perversion" isn't even contemporaneous to his reign - and they said a lot of nasty things about this king during his time. However, the report of his engaging in homosexual behavior comes from a single writer. A man who had been dismissed from government service during James' reign published a tract 25 years after the death of the king that also claimed James was a "witch."

For whatever reasons, only the "gay" accusation is ever brought up today.