Four Centuries of the English Bible Author:John Reumann Here is the fascinating story of how the scriptures eventually found their way into the English language of the twentieth century. The book is divided into two major sections. The first begins with the work of the martyred william tyndale, and the culminates in the classic King James Bible. The second embraces our own time with its two newest mo... more »numental works: The Revised Standard version in America and the New English Bible in England. With precision and clarity Professor Reumann distinguishes the five "authorized" versions, as well as the numerous versions which have come along in between. This book succeeds in telling a scholarly story in a non scholarly way. It summarizes keenly and briefly how we got our English Bible, tracing the events from the 8th century to the present day.« less