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This is an extension of my channel @greatartexplained and follows the same ideas. Except it is about literature. Fifteen minutes, clear concise language, no outlandish theories, just a love for books and reading. I hope you enjoy this virtual book club! James
The bloody history of the King James Bible: Great Books Explained
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The King James Bible is an intensely political work, and up until the 17th century, translating the Bible into English was a dangerous act, done in secret, and punishable by death.
Then in 1604, King James I of England authorised a new translation of the Bible, with the intention to clarify religious differences, but also to solidify his power and supremacy. In so doing, he unintentionally democratised a book which for so long had been withheld from the masses. He ended up creating the “people’s Bible”.
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I would like to thank all my Patreon supporters, in particular Alan Stewart, Alexandra Velser, Alyssa Phillips, AMSN, Anja Zeutschel, Bria Nicole Art, David Asabreu, Christa Sawyer, Eric Mann, Erique K, Francis Song, Griffin Evans, Hugo Moita, Jemma Theivendran, John Baer, Jon Hanzen, Julio Cardenas, Karim Hopper, Kibibi Shaw, Louise Tait, Mitch Kosowski, Monte St Johns, New Curiosity, Paul Ark, Paul Waterman, Sagar Saxena, Sean Welgemoed, Stefan Paisson, Stephen Beresford, Tanya Moore, Terry Garfink, Toni Ko, and Will Dew's-Power.
"What a brilliant series this is" - Stephen Fry on Twitter
SUBTITLES
I input the English subtitles myself but I rely on volunteers to do subtitles for other languages and I really appreciate it - just contact me at jamespayne33@hotmail.com
CREDITS
Opening Animation and Title Sequence by Brian Adsit (instagram brian_vfx?... and Behance www.behance.com/badsit88)
Actor's Voice reading quotes
Roger Surridge
VIDEOS
All the videos, songs, images, and graphics used in the video belong to their respective owners and I or this channel do not claim any right over them.
FILMS
John Adams - 2008 ©HBO
What Dreams May Come - 1998 ©Universal
Orphhée - 1950 ©DisCina
Heaven can Wait - 1978 ©Paramount
The Gospel According to St. Matthew - 1967 ©Titanus
The Ten Commandments - 1956 ©Paramount
The Ten Commandments - 1923 ©Paramount
Mary Queen of Scots - 2019 ©Universal
God's Outlaw - 1986 ©Netflix
To Kill a King - 2003 ©Film4
MUSIC
Missa Luba - Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin, 1965
Elizabethan Volta composed by David Hirschfelder
BOOKS
The King James Bible
Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.
Please consider supporting this channel on Patreon (and getting exclusive content), thanks! www.patreon.com/user?u=53686503 or if you prefer a one-off donation - paypal.me/GreatArtExplained?c... Alternatively, every video has a "thanks" button under it- I appreciate it!
The King James Bible is an intensely political work, and up until the 17th century, translating the Bible into English was a dangerous act, done in secret, and punishable by death.
Then in 1604, King James I of England authorised a new translation of the Bible, with the intention to clarify religious differences, but also to solidify his power and supremacy. In so doing, he unintentionally democratised a book which for so long had been withheld from the masses. He ended up creating the “people’s Bible”.
IMPORTANT! Subscribe and click the bell icon to be notified! czcams.com/channels/ePD.html...
I would like to thank all my Patreon supporters, in particular Alan Stewart, Alexandra Velser, Alyssa Phillips, AMSN, Anja Zeutschel, Bria Nicole Art, David Asabreu, Christa Sawyer, Eric Mann, Erique K, Francis Song, Griffin Evans, Hugo Moita, Jemma Theivendran, John Baer, Jon Hanzen, Julio Cardenas, Karim Hopper, Kibibi Shaw, Louise Tait, Mitch Kosowski, Monte St Johns, New Curiosity, Paul Ark, Paul Waterman, Sagar Saxena, Sean Welgemoed, Stefan Paisson, Stephen Beresford, Tanya Moore, Terry Garfink, Toni Ko, and Will Dew's-Power.
"What a brilliant series this is" - Stephen Fry on Twitter
SUBTITLES
I input the English subtitles myself but I rely on volunteers to do subtitles for other languages and I really appreciate it - just contact me at jamespayne33@hotmail.com
CREDITS
Opening Animation and Title Sequence by Brian Adsit (instagram brian_vfx?... and Behance www.behance.com/badsit88)
Actor's Voice reading quotes
Roger Surridge
VIDEOS
All the videos, songs, images, and graphics used in the video belong to their respective owners and I or this channel do not claim any right over them.
FILMS
John Adams - 2008 ©HBO
What Dreams May Come - 1998 ©Universal
Orphhée - 1950 ©DisCina
Heaven can Wait - 1978 ©Paramount
The Gospel According to St. Matthew - 1967 ©Titanus
The Ten Commandments - 1956 ©Paramount
The Ten Commandments - 1923 ©Paramount
Mary Queen of Scots - 2019 ©Universal
God's Outlaw - 1986 ©Netflix
To Kill a King - 2003 ©Film4
MUSIC
Missa Luba - Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin, 1965
Elizabethan Volta composed by David Hirschfelder
BOOKS
The King James Bible
Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.
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The KJV is beautifully written and the most accurate English Bible translation.
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This came out the same week a youtube channel called crashcourse is doing a series on religion. Once again another good video, can't wait for the next one!
Where can I find the rest of the ‘Kyrie’ songs at 2:20?
On iTunes or it’s all on CZcams
The Old Testament is filled with unimaginable horrors at the hands of a narcissistic blood loving God. Enough to turn anyone with sense away from this brainwashing nonsense.
Wow, I have never heard of the impact of the KJB on the English language, how interesting! Thank you James for another wonderful video, you enrich my life.
Funny thing about Beowulf was that it was edited by Christian monks. Beowulf as we have it is a Christian work.
Most overrated novelist of all time.
LOTR and Silmarillion are in my top ten books
Nicely done.
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II Peter 1: 1 - 21 II Corinthians 13 II Corinthians 11: 1 - 7 Deutoronomy 4:2 Revelation 22: 17 - 21
Very interesting video! So many idioms, I had no idea
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Thank you new King James
Watching and listening to the stories behind some great works really made my day. Too bad this generation will never appreciate the simple life of reading a book while sipping tea or coffee.
I never thought how deep the story is in Moby Dick, I just thought it is about a deranged man trying to get his revenge on a whale.
I love that the victorious became the next authors. A billion light years from faith or spirit. “His words have been twisted, beyond recognition - in order to build your planet Earth’s religions.” Matt Johnson (The The)
Had no idea so many of our common everyday phrases originated from the KJB!
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You're the best!
This is excellent. Thank you.
Love your content
I have a copy of a William Tyndall Bible. It is awesome. So to hear that he was a genius linguist is no surprise. So cruel how they murdered him(burned him alive) for his work on the translation of the Bible.
The Clergy wanted to keep Bible in Latin and only for the rich and powerful to have access to the Bible. Thankfully God made the Bible available for all of his human children. Best Selling Book since 1611, more evidence of Divine Origin
The least accurate book of all storybooks.
May I offer a correction here? The Pilgrims arrived in the New World in 1620 and brought with them the Geneva Bible, not the King James Bible. The KJV was seen as the Bible of the English King and the state Church of England which had been persecuting them. My understanding is that the KJV didn't start becoming popular in England until the 1660's.
I am very shocked that Tolkien's widowed single mother converted to Catholicism from Methodism, even though it meant that her dead husband's family totally disowned her and stopped supporting her and her children! Either there was some other pressure for her to go Catholic, or she truly had an unshakeable belief that the Catholic church was the true Christian church...to leave her family in poverty over that decision.
I just watched it with a lifelong friend of mine. Cheers maestro. Thanks so much for what you do, for sharing it with us. Waiting for the next ones! All the best!
Go down this rabbit hole
Excellent video, a version with just as fascinating back story is the Douay-Rheims, perhaps do this story next?
Here in the Bible Belt, the KJV is still considered the "only" Bible by many churches. Comparatively, it is so much more poetic than, for example, the New International Version. Not a churchgoer anymore, but when I do read the Bible, it's this version still.
Another great video. Thank you.
This was realy nice
The Great Gatsby is shallow AF. Full of tired allegories and obvious metaphors. Only Americans think this is a great novel.
Brilliant video! Thank you. I appreciate the choice of music as in Pasolini's Passion (or so I seem to recognize)
Yes you are quite correct! It is also used in “If…” from 1968 - two of my favourite films
Magnificent. Thank you so much, MrPayne
I remember i liked this book a lot. Unfortunately I read it in Spanish because English is not my first language and I don't understand anything of literary English 😅 so I lose a lot of the beauty of how it was originally written. Thanks for showing me thag side ❤
Thanks! ❤
Fab video as always!
I am a Christian and it's lovely to see how God works in mysterious ways.
I was only familiar with Marthin Luther and the effects of his translations, but I was unaware of the scale of the english translations. It´s fascinating how simiar it is, just in different scales.
That was a great run through of hundreds of years of history. Very skilfully done. Thank you.
It's mindblowing how much of the most important events in our history were influenced by the Bible. Thank you for another great video!
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Fantastic video, like always! I've always been smugly happy about being born and spending my childhood in a communist country, as it meant no religious education. But you are right, the influence on our society is immense, and it's so enlightening to better understand it! Thank you!
Thank you 🙏
Eye-opening, enlightening and accessible - fantastic video as usual!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Taking on the Bible is a huge topic-I’ve always wanted to understand more about its formation but found it daunting to look into. And quite frankly, the bible is so huge a subject-and my interest is only middling-I’ve never tried. I see why (or at least part of why) you focused on the KJV rather than the basis of all the various books in the Bible. Now I’m going to go back through this video while reading the transcript so I can absorb more of what I heard. This film is understandably somewhat dense; one sitting just won’t do. Thank you so much for this effort!
I thought very carefully before I decided to do this, and I am pleased with how it turned out.
Without the Reformation you'd still be waiting for a translation. And an education.
The KJV really is stunningly beautiful to read