committee of translators of the King James Bible

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The committee of translators of the King James Bible was a group of early 17th-century scholars and clergy appointed by King James I to produce the influential English translation of the Christian Bible published in 1611.

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instanceOf religious commission
scholarly body
translation committee
activeInCentury 17th century
appointedBy James I of England
linked to: James VI and I
chairman Lancelot Andrewes
commissionedAtEvent Hampton Court Conference
country Kingdom of England
denomination Church of England
formationYear 1604
hadCompanyAt Cambridge
Oxford
Westminster
hasMemberType Greek scholar
Hebrew scholar
bishop
classicist
clergyman
scholar
theologian
historicalSignificance produced one of the most influential works in English literature
influencedBy Bishops' Bible
Geneva Bible
Tyndale Bible
languageOfWork English
locatedIn England
name King James Bible translation committee
Translators of the King James Bible
notableMember George Abbot
Henry Savile
John Overall
John Rainolds
Lancelot Andrewes
Laurence Chaderton
Miles Smith
organizedInto six companies
oversightBy Richard Bancroft
product Authorized Version of the Bible
linked to: King James Version

King James Version of the Bible
linked to: King James Version
publicationYearOfMainWork 1611
purpose produce an English translation of the Christian Bible
revise earlier English Bible translations
religion Christianity
reportedTo Archbishop of Canterbury
translationFromLanguage Aramaic
Hebrew
Koine Greek
usedSourceText Latin Vulgate
linked to: Vulgate

Masoretic Text
Septuagint
Textus Receptus
workResultedIn standard English Bible for the Church of England

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Miles Smith memberOf committee of translators of the King James Bible
First Westminster Company for the King James Bible partOf King James Bible translation project
linked to: committee of translators of the King James Bible
Textus Receptus usedBy King James Version translators
subject linked to: TR
linked to: committee of translators of the King James Bible
Preface to the King James Version of the Bible authorCollective King James Bible translators
linked to: committee of translators of the King James Bible
committee of translators of the King James Bible name Translators of the King James Bible
linked to: committee of translators of the King James Bible
committee of translators of the King James Bible name King James Bible translation committee
linked to: committee of translators of the King James Bible