The Language of the King James Bible Author:G. A. Riplinger, Gail A. Riplinger THIS BOOK reports on recent research from Harvard University which concludes that "The Authorized Version {KJV} emerges from comparison with twentieth-century versions as more attractive and more accurate." (p. 135). — "Even the secular world can spot a counterfeitor. The publishers of the New King James Bible (NKJV) have been char... more »ged with fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission. They are now paying nearly $400,000 in fines (p. 127).
This book helps you discover the KJV's built-in dictionary.
It also proves that, unlike new versions, the vocabulary of the KJV is precise, internationally recognizable, and contains powerful sound symbolism to communicate meaning.
It reveals the discovery of the world's oldest New Testament fragment which proves that the KJV is correct and the new versions are wrong.
Also exposed are the corrupt Dead Sea Scrolls and lexicons used to create the TNIV, NIV, ESV, NKJV, HCSB, and NASB.
LEARN HOW:
The King James Bible contains God's Built-in Dictionary, defining each word, in its context, using the very words of the Webster's and Oxford English Dictionaries !
The King James Bible has a vocabulary and reading level which slowly builds progressively from Genesis to Revelation.
The King James Bible uses words with the appropriate sound symbolism. It has a vocabulary that phonaesthetically fulfills the Bible's own description of itself as "powerful."
The King James Bible is the only extant access we have to the pure language lexicons of the 16th and 17th centuries.
The King James Bible gives a transparent view of the Greek and Hebrew vocabulary, grammar and syntax.
The King James Bible has internationally recognizable vocabulary and spelling.
The King James Bible uses literary devices which enhance doctrinally important concepts and memorability.
The King James Bible has a sentence structure which enhances accurate doctrinal interpretation.
The King James Bible's words and sentences are patterned and woven through its fabric so as to provide a consistency of form and content.
The King James Bible has the precision and longevity of the legal document that it is. (To be equitable all English speaking persons must be judged by the same criteria.)
How it all began...
THE RESEARCH presented in this introduction to the language of the Bible was prompted by a story of one Christian prisoner's phenomenal leap in reading test scores, as a result of reading the King James Bible.
He was advised that he was reading at the fifth grade level when he put his name on a long waiting list to enroll in the prison's high school equivalency program. He then began reading the King James Bible daily. Re-examination the next year showed that he was now reading at the 17th grade level -- post graduate!
How did reading one book, which some falsely claim is difficult, manage to help him, rather than frustrate him? This book answers that and many more questions you may have about the King James version.« less