{"product_id":"authorized-mark-ward-9781683590552","title":"Authorized: The Use and Misuse of the King James Bible","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\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\/strong\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 \u003cem\u003eAuthorized\u003c\/em\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 \u003cem\u003eAuthorized\u003c\/em\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Ward\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1683590554\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781683590552\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lexham Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/24\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 4.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Mark Ward","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045784842495,"sku":"9781683590552","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9f91ed05-e86c-4300-aa8e-8c487e7d7a02.jpg?v=1684980742","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/authorized-mark-ward-9781683590552","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}