Tiny Church Finds They Own Original KJV Bible!
 

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/2011/0...-bible/?hpt=C1

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

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


jk

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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

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

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Dude... :foottap

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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!

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wow...

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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

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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.