345 Bible 16 – Evaluating the King James Version

What do you know about the King James Version?  Is it an accurate translation?  Does it have flaws?  Should you use it as a measuring stick for other translations?  In today’s episode, we’ll cover the making of the KJV of the Bible, going back to William Tyndale’s courageous work before delving into four areas of evaluation.  We’ll examine the KJV’s manuscript base, translation accuracy, lexicography, and vocabulary in an effort to objectively decide how the KJV compares to other English versions.

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3 thoughts on “345 Bible 16 – Evaluating the King James Version

  • Hi Sean, I am a listener from the Netherlands who has recently discovered your podcasts when I was doing research on Unitarianism. Thank you for all the effort you put into this series, it has been a great blessing to me thus far!

    I was happy to hear that you will cover the Passion “translation” in your next episode, as this so called translation is barely being covered anywhere else, yet is gaining in popularity in many NAR churches. Not a great development I would say.
    I would highly recommend Mike Winger’s videos on this subject, who has put a lot of research into this topic. Perhaps you were already aware of them as there isn’t a lot of other material to be found, but if not then it might be helpful to check them out.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ2HrBT3ZgA
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvlIDpjVyCs

    Another suggestion for you, I am currently reading Dennis Prager’s commentaries on the Torah and am sure that he would be a very interesting guest for your podcast, as your listeners would probably be interested in his work. Might be an idea to consider!

    May God help you continue your work, Mark

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