24 Apr 2011

David Norton - Writing The King James Bible

From Sunday Morning, 8:40 am on 24 April 2011

It took more than a century to translate the King James version of the Bible from the original Hebrew and Greek. It was first published in 1611 and is still considered by many scholars to be the most influential and popular version of the Bible. Victoria University Professor of English David Norton tells Chris about how the King James Bible changed from being mocked as a piece of English writing to being valued as one of the greatest works of English literature.