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Oct 27, 2005 adam was educated at eton and at magdalene college at cambridge, and he became a travel writer and won the somerset maugham award for frontiers, a book about a journey through eastern europe. Both an enduring work of scholarship and a fascinating read, whose bible is it. Bible, the geneva bible and that of the english catholics, and their aim was to come up with the best possible and most polished product, as stated in their preface out of many good ones, one principal good one adam nicholson in his book gods secretaries compares the. Adam nicols on is the author of seamanship, god s secretaries, and seize the fire. Jacobean england and the making of the king james bible by adam nicolson 281pp, harpercollins. The making of the king james bible, i have a deepened appreciation for the majesty, the richness, the musicality, and the exactness of this beloved english translation of. If you approach this book as a series of vignettes about the jacobean era, some of which are related to the king james bible, you will be more satisfied.
Adam was educated at eton and at magdalene college at cambridge, and he became a travel writer and won the somerset maugham. After reading adam nicolson s book, god s secretaries. His father, nigel, was also a writer portrait of a marriage and a virginia woolf scholar. The second title, the actual making of the kjv, gets short shrift in favor of a third topic which is england in the early period of. Adam nicolson takes the ingenious approach of indirectly investigating the bible through an exploration of the people, events, and society surrounding its formation. Adam nicolson has 47 books on goodreads with 17834 ratings. God s secretaries nicolson gives a fascinating and dramatic account of the era of the king james bible and its translation, immersing readers in an age whose greatest monument is not a painting or a building but a book. Adam nicolson on is the author of seamanship, god s secretaries, and seize the fire. The making of the king james bible those in power shaped the king james version to reflect their political interests. The weird timing of all this michaels stuff has got me thinking that i really ought to read some more of his work. Rating system is not about how well the book is written, but on its contribution to the lds community 1 avoid, 2 if desperate, 3 good book for the topic, 4 best book for topic, 5 must read for your christian development. It is mostly about the key players in the first decade of the 17th century.
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