committee of translators of the King James Bible

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The committee of translators of the King James Bible was a group of early 17th-century scholars and clergy appointed by King James I to produce the influential English translation of the Christian Bible published in 1611.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf religious commission ⓘ
scholarly body ⓘ
translation committee ⓘ
activeInCentury 17th century ⓘ
appointedBy James I of England ⓘ
linked to: James VI and I
chairman Lancelot Andrewes ⓘ
commissionedAtEvent Hampton Court Conference ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
denomination Church of England ⓘ
formationYear 1604 ⓘ
hadCompanyAt Cambridge ⓘ
Oxford ⓘ
Westminster ⓘ
hasMemberType Greek scholar ⓘ
Hebrew scholar ⓘ
bishop ⓘ
classicist ⓘ
clergyman ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
historicalSignificance produced one of the most influential works in English literature ⓘ
influencedBy Bishops' Bible ⓘ
Geneva Bible ⓘ
Tyndale Bible ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
name King James Bible translation committee ⓘ
Translators of the King James Bible ⓘ
notableMember George Abbot ⓘ
Henry Savile ⓘ
John Overall ⓘ
John Rainolds ⓘ
Lancelot Andrewes ⓘ
Laurence Chaderton ⓘ
Miles Smith ⓘ
organizedInto six companies ⓘ
oversightBy Richard Bancroft ⓘ
product Authorized Version of the Bible ⓘ
linked to: King James Version

King James Version of the Bible ⓘ
linked to: King James Version
publicationYearOfMainWork 1611 ⓘ
purpose produce an English translation of the Christian Bible ⓘ
revise earlier English Bible translations ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
reportedTo Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
translationFromLanguage Aramaic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Koine Greek ⓘ
usedSourceText Latin Vulgate ⓘ
linked to: Vulgate

Masoretic Text ⓘ
Septuagint ⓘ
Textus Receptus ⓘ
workResultedIn standard English Bible for the Church of England ⓘ

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Miles Smith → memberOf → committee of translators of the King James Bible ⓘ
First Westminster Company for the King James Bible → partOf → King James Bible translation project ⓘ
linked to: committee of translators of the King James Bible
Textus Receptus → usedBy → King James Version translators ⓘ
subject linked to: TR
linked to: committee of translators of the King James Bible
Preface to the King James Version of the Bible → authorCollective → King James Bible translators ⓘ
linked to: committee of translators of the King James Bible
committee of translators of the King James Bible → name → Translators of the King James Bible ⓘ
linked to: committee of translators of the King James Bible
committee of translators of the King James Bible → name → King James Bible translation committee ⓘ
linked to: committee of translators of the King James Bible