King James's Bible - 9781138836976

Taylor & Francis

King James's BibleA Selection\nAuthor(s): W. H Stevenson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138836976, 978-1138836976\nSynopsis\nWithout an understanding of Biblical stories, readers lose out on much of the richness of English literature, as authors from Milton through [url] Eliot to Jeanette Winterson draw inspiration from Biblical stories in their own writing. This user-friendly annotated selection of key passages from the King Jamess Bible clarifies the key themes, characters, stories and genealogies for students, offering timelines, a bibliography, and a detailed index for quick and easy reference.\n\nThe original 1984 version, of which this is a revised edition, was written by Bill Stevenson as a response to his students' difficulty with biblical references in literature - a selection from the King Jamess Bible that would give the student a notion of what the book contains, including the history of the 1611 te.