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World’s Best-Selling Book
2011 marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of the famous King James version of the Bible. It is woven into the fabric of modern America’s language and faith communities. Did you ever wonder why there are so many Bible translations in English? They don’t exist in other language groups or in the Moslem faith. How could a 400-year book have such an impact on modern American faith?
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Photo: Donald Brake
The Bible and the life of Jesus in the Holy Land
Journey with me through the "Holy Land" and enter into this fascinating world of desert and cool breezes, where living water can still quench your thirst and lift your weariness. Published 8:40 p.m. September 19, 2011 - Comments
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The Bible traslators face the terror of Englands "9/11"
The infamous gunpowder plot was England’s 17th century version of American’s terror attack on September 11, 2001. Published 11:50 a.m. September 10, 2011 - Comments
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The big business of Bible translation today
Book publishers know a new translation on the market means an increase in sales. Does that justify a multiplication of new Bibles? Published 5:14 p.m. September 7, 2011 - Comments
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The Bible as a weapon of war
The Bible is an enduring tool of salvation; it might also have been a tool of war. Published 8:58 p.m. August 29, 2011 - Comments
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The Bible of the American Revolution
The “Bible of the Revolution” received full congregational support as the first and only Bible ever to have such approval. Published 11:58 p.m. August 20, 2011 - Comments
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The King James Bible's Christmas season
Should we celebrate Jesus’ birth on December 25? Or are we just trying to break up a dreary season? Published 9:07 p.m. August 12, 2011 - Comments
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The 1611 first edition King James Bible after 400 years
In anticipation of the 400th anniversary of the 1611 KJB, the author conducted a worldwide search to find and catalog every known copy. The results will rewrite its history. Published 10:41 p.m. July 28, 2011 - Comments
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The King James Bible in the new Republic of South Sudan
When in Sudan on missionary work , I was fascinated to discover that the New Testament in the Murle language, the local dialect in the area, was a translation of the English King James Bible. Published 11:46 a.m. July 24, 2011 - Comments
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William Shakespeare: His role as a King James Bible translator
It would seem unlikely that a man who wrote Romeo and Juliet, and Othello would be ignored by the translation committee to participate in the translation of the King’s Bible. Published 5:05 p.m. July 16, 2011 - Comments
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President Obama's oath of office taken on the King James Bible
In America’s melting pot of multicultural citizens, and the inclusive attitude of religious beliefs, the integrity of the highest office in the land is based on the Bible. Published 2:29 a.m. July 9, 2011 - Comments
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Donald L. Brake, Sr.
Donald L. Brake, Ph.D., is Dean Emeritus of Multnomah Biblical Seminary, past president of Jerusalem University College, Israel; author of A Visual History of the English Bible: The Tumultuous Tale of The World’s Bestselling Book; Baker Books, 2008 ...
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Donald L. Brake, Ph.D., is Dean Emeritus of Multnomah Biblical Seminary, past president of Jerusalem University College, Israel; author of A Visual History of the English Bible: The Tumultuous Tale of The World’s Bestselling Book; Baker Books, 2008 (a 2009 ECPA Christian Book Award finalist), A Visual History of the King James Bible: The Dramatic Tale of the World’s Best-Known Translation, Baker Books, 2011, A Royal Monument of English Literature: The King James Bible 1611, Credo House Publishers, 2011; and antiquarian collector with his extensive collection of rare and significant Bibles and artifacts currently at the Dunham Bible Museum, Houston Baptist University, Houston, Texas.
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