The King James Version

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Hebrew_Bible
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Authorized_Version
gptkb:KJV
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Bishop's_Bible
gptkb:Tyndale_Bible
gptkb:Textus_Receptus
gptkbp:category Bible translations into English
1611 books
gptkbp:commissionedBy gptkb:King_James_I_of_England
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Apocrypha_(in_early_editions)
gptkb:New_Testament
gptkb:Old_Testament
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:England
gptkbp:firstPublished 1611
gptkbp:genre gptkb:religion
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The King James Version
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Christian_liturgy
English literature
modern Bible translations
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Bishop's_Bible
gptkb:Geneva_Bible
gptkb:Tyndale_Bible
gptkbp:ISBN 978-0-19-283525-3 (Oxford World's Classics edition)
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:notableFor archaic English style
influence on English idioms
literary influence
use in literature and speeches
widespread use in English-speaking Protestant churches
gptkbp:notableRelease gptkb:Cambridge_Paragraph_Bible
gptkb:1769_Oxford_edition
1611 first edition
gptkbp:openToPublic Yes (in most countries)
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Robert_Barker_(original_printer)
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:significance Most widely read English Bible translation for centuries
gptkbp:socialMedia Yes
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Hebrew_Bible
gptkbp:text gptkb:Masoretic_Text_(Old_Testament)
gptkb:Textus_Receptus_(New_Testament)
gptkbp:translatedInto 47 scholars
gptkbp:updated 1769 Oxford edition (standardized spelling and punctuation)
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkb:Baptist_churches
gptkb:Methodist_churches
gptkb:Presbyterian_churches
Protestant denominations
Pentecostal churches
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Early_Stuart_England
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7