Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of plates
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Creators of English
- 2 From the Great Bible to the Rheims-Douai Bible: arguments about language
- 3 The King James Bible
- 4 Literary implications of Bible presentation
- 5 The struggle for acceptance
- 6 The Psalter in verse and poetry
- 7 ‘The eloquentest books in the world’
- 8 Writers and the Bible 1: Milton and Bunyan
- 9 The early eighteenth century and the King James Bible
- 10 Mid-century
- 11 The critical rise of the King James Bible
- 12 Writers and the Bible 2: the Romantics
- 13 Literary discussion to mid-Victorian times
- 14 The Revised Version
- 15 ‘The Bible as literature’
- 16 The later reputation of the King James Bible
- 17 The New English Bible
- Bibliography
- General Index
- Biblical Index
Preface
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of plates
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Creators of English
- 2 From the Great Bible to the Rheims-Douai Bible: arguments about language
- 3 The King James Bible
- 4 Literary implications of Bible presentation
- 5 The struggle for acceptance
- 6 The Psalter in verse and poetry
- 7 ‘The eloquentest books in the world’
- 8 Writers and the Bible 1: Milton and Bunyan
- 9 The early eighteenth century and the King James Bible
- 10 Mid-century
- 11 The critical rise of the King James Bible
- 12 Writers and the Bible 2: the Romantics
- 13 Literary discussion to mid-Victorian times
- 14 The Revised Version
- 15 ‘The Bible as literature’
- 16 The later reputation of the King James Bible
- 17 The New English Bible
- Bibliography
- General Index
- Biblical Index
Summary
My History of the Bible as Literature (1993) ran to two volumes and made large demands on the reader's time (and the purchaser's pocket). So the present book cuts down the material to more manageable proportions. It does so mainly by confining the focus to the English Bible, by reducing the number of examples and by omitting the appendices containing sample passages. What has sometimes felt like self-mutilation will be amply rewarded if the reader finds the result pleasing and interesting.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2000