The King James Version Defended

About this book

From the back Bible in English has fallen on hard times. Not only do some feminists see it as a format from which to transform Ancient Near Eastern patriarchal religions into modern 20th century paradigms of egalitarianism but the American Bible publishing industry has reduced it to a commodity hoping to maximize gains by imposing a marketing-manufactured consensus on conservative evangelicals calling it the beginning of a "new tradition." Edward F. Hills in his work The King James Version Defended represents a sober and compelling argument for the "old tradition." As a well-trained classicist and an internationally recognized New Testament text critic he analyzes the problems of both modern language translations and current New Testament text criticism methodology. With the sometimes widespread and uncritical acceptance of such translations as the New International Version by pastors as well as laymen this defense of the historic English Protestant Bible should be read by all who share an interest in these areas.Edward Freer Hills was a distinguished Latin and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Yale University. He also earned the Th.B. degree from Westminster Theological Seminary and the Th.M. degree from Columbia Theological Seminary. After doing doctoral work at the University of Chicago in New Testament text criticism he completed his program at Harvard earning the Th.D. in this field. He is also the author of Believing Bible Study.Hills book has the following nine Three-fold Revelation of HimselfA Short History of UnbeliefA Short History of ModernismA Christian View of the Biblical TextThe Facts of New Testament Textual CriticismDean Burgeon and the Traditional New Testament TextThe Traditional New Testament TextThe Textus Receptus and the King James VersionChrists Holy War with Satan