Project Gutenberg 2012-09-21 Public domain in the USA. 116 McAfee, Cleland Boyd 1866 1944 McAfee, Cleland B. (Cleland Boyd) The Greatest English Classic A Study of the King James Version of the Bible and Its Influence on Life and Literature Produced by Margo von Romberg, David Starner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "The Greatest English Classic" by Cleland Boyd McAfee is a scholarly work written in the early 20th century that focuses on the King James Version of the Bible and its profound influence on both life and literature. The text explores the historical development of Biblical translations leading up to the King James Version, its literary significance, and its lasting impact on English and American history. As such, the book likely appeals to readers interested in religion, literature, and cultural history. The opening of the work serves as a preface to a series of lectures given at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences in 1912. McAfee outlines the historical context of the English Bible leading to the King James Version, discussing previous translations, societal attitudes toward scripture, and key figures such as John Wiclif and William Tindale, who contributed to making the Bible accessible to the English-speaking population. This introduction sets the stage for a deeper examination of the Bible's translation processes, its role in the evolution of the English language, and how it shaped literacy and religious thought over centuries. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40822/40822-h/images/title-page1.png en Bible -- History Bible. English -- Versions -- Authorized Bible and literature Bible -- Influence BS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 436628 436637 2024-09-17T08:18:54.041323 2023-09-18T03:37:29.127299 text/html text/html 439124 2012-09-21T10:46:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 167932 2012-09-21T10:46:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 184059 2024-09-17T08:19:00.106274 application/epub+zip 187924 2024-09-17T08:18:55.176295 application/epub+zip 185879 2024-09-17T08:18:54.583348 application/epub+zip 329100 2024-09-17T08:19:04.069224 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 302987 2024-09-17T08:18:59.502243 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 299416 2022-09-18T16:42:00.187964 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 390846 390622 2024-09-17T08:18:53.446282 2023-09-18T03:37:28.551270 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 390772 2012-09-21T10:46:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 144408 2012-09-21T10:46:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 390768 2012-09-21T10:46:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 144368 2012-09-21T10:46:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21334 2024-09-17T08:19:04.210224 application/rdf+xml 11677 2024-09-17T08:18:54.672266 image/jpeg 2063 2024-09-17T08:18:54.628268 image/jpeg 167458 2024-09-17T08:18:54.082288 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia