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How did the Bible get to America?
All Bibles were imported from England, Holland or Scotland. The War for Independence made importation from England impossible. Several American printers began printing New Testaments, including Francis Bailey of Philadelphia.
How did we get the King James Bible?
When King James VI of Scotland became King James I of England in 1603, he was well aware that he was entering a sticky situation. So in 1604, when a Puritan scholar proposed the creation of a new translation of the Bible at a meeting at a religious conference at Hampton Court, James surprised him by agreeing.
Who created King James Bible?
To begin with, there’s no single author. One individual—Richard Bancroft, the archbishop of Canterbury—was notable for having the role of overseer of the project, something akin to a modern editor of a collection of short stories.
When did the King James Bible come to America?
The Pilgrims arrived 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. But by the mid-1600s, the King James Bible was arriving in the New World with the increasing flow of settlers.
Who decided which books would be in the Bible?
Eusebius was a Christian historian writing in the early 300s who provided one of the early lists of which books were considered legit and which were borderline bogus. Eusebius broke his list down into different categories: recognized, disputed, spurious and heretical.
Who was the first publisher of the King James Bible?
Isaac Collins printed his Bible in 1791; the Collins Bible became known as the first “Family Bible” printed in America. Isaiah Thomas published the first illustrated King James Bible in 1791. And John Thompson in 1798 produced the first King James Bible to be hot-pressed in America.
But by the mid-1600s, the King James Bible was arriving in the New World with the increasing flow of settlers. However, the first Bibles printed in America were not English Bibles.
When was the first Bible printed in America?
The first Bible printed in America in a European language was Luther’s German translation, printed in 1743. It was much later in the colonial period, in 1782, when the first complete King James Bible was printed in America.
When did the pilgrims bring the KJV to America?
The KJV in Early America. Many of the early settlers in America from England came seeking religious freedom. The Pilgrims arrived in 1620 and brought with them the Geneva Bible, not the King James Bible.