I recommend that the May 2011 article in Christianity Today, “A World Without the KJV” is worth the time to read. Subtitle: “Where would we be without the most popular English Bible ever?” The writer, Mark Noll, shows that the ascendancy of the KJV to become the most widely distributed and revered Bible translation ever was not based on the factors one might suppose. The article seemed ironically relevant to me because of seeing similarities playing out in our work of making a Bible translation for a major language group. I am seeing history repeat itself.
Link to Noll’s article: http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2011/may/worldwithoutkjv.html?start=1
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