Never having researched the issue, I always assumed the KJV was called the AV because James encouraged and approved (however unofficially) of the project. Not so? Ted Mann thmann@juno.com On Mon, 17 Jul 2000 16:34:50 -0400 "Frank W. Hughes" writes: > This is perhaps more on the King James Version of the Bible than > anyone > ever wanted to know. Robert G. Bratcher in the article on "English > Bible, The," in The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (San Francisco: > Harper, 1996) 289f. notes that King James I in 1604 ordered that "a > translation be made of the whole Bible, as consonant as can be to > the > original Hebrew and Greek, and this is to be set out and printed > without > any marginal notes and only to be used in all Churches in England in > time of Divine Service." As Supreme Governor of the Church of > England > perhaps he believed that he had the right to order that this new > translation to the exclusion of the others. On the other hand, the > article on the "Authorized Version / King James Bible" in volume 3 > of > The Cambridge History of the Bible by S. L. Greenslade notes that > "strictly speaking" neither King nor Parliament authorized the > Authorized Version. I would add that neither did the Convocations > of > Clergy convened by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York. > Greenslade > also mentioned that the churches were not ordered to procure a copy > for > use in services (as they were for the Great Bible and, I believe, > the > Bishops' Bible); and for decades the other versions were used as > well in > England. Since, as F. F. Bruce noted, the Privy Council registers > for > the years of 1611 and immediately after were lost in a fire, the > argument that the Privy Council "probably" authorized the use of the > new > translation is an argumentum e silentio at very best. > > Apparently the edition of 1611 is known as the Authorized Version in > England and the King James Version in America. As an American > living in > Barbados, I can tell you that this would be neither the first nor > last > occasion upon which the British Commonwealth and America are rightly > said to be divided by a common language! > > Frank W. Hughes > Codrington College > Barbados ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. --- B-Greek home page: http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: [jwrobie@mindspring.com] To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-b-greek-327Q@franklin.oit.unc.edu To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu