As I’ve noted before, this year makes the 400th anniversary of the King James Version Bible. Here is a helpful, and brief, history of the KJV from St. Helen’s Church, Bishopsgate in London.

http://vimeo.com/23378541

In the video, the narrator answers the following questions:

• Was it the first translation in English?
• Was it King James’ idea?
• Who was the King James Version against? Was it…
  • … anti-Protestant?
  • … anti-Catholic?
  • … anti-Calvinist?
  • … anti-Puritan?
• Was it a fresh translation straight from the original languages?
• Was it the most popular Bible of its time?

At the end of the video, he shared a very interesting quote (considering the individual who said it):

“We are a Christian culture, we come from a Christian culture, and not to know (of) the King James Bible is to be, in some small way, barbarian.”
—Richard Dawkins