What is the King James Version?

Episode Outline:
0:00 The King James Bible: beautiful, influential, and misunderstood
0:28 Bart and Megan catch up after Christmas, fish tanks, and puppies
3:08 Why the King James Version still matters
6:27 What the King James Version actually is, and where it came from
10:19 Tyndale, Erasmus, and the earlier translations behind the KJV
15:18 Why some Christians still treat the KJV as the authoritative Bible
18:19 Why the King James is powerful literature but difficult for study
20:42 Archaic words, misleading English, and passages that no longer mean what readers think
24:22 The Trinity verse and other additions based on late manuscripts
28:50 How translation choices and theological bias shape a Bible version
32:11 Why most people do not know the KJV’s real history
37:13 Why modern language study changed how we understand biblical Hebrew and Greek
44:58 Bart’s Weekly Update: evolutionary psychology and human behavior
48:40 Bart gets on his soapbox about historical ignorance and KJV-onlyism

Episode Description

What's wrong with the King James Version? Anything? Why don't we all use it? The KJV is the best known and arguably most elegant, aesthetically pleasing, and significant piece of English literature ever. But there are problems with it for anyone wanting to know what the biblical authors actually said. Some of the problems are today rather amusing, many are serious, and all are worth knowing about.

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