"Suppose it definitely was the first KJB, and said something that strongly contradicted modern theology. Wouldn't modern theocrats just ignore or discredit it?"

"Suppose it definitely was the first KJB, and said something that strongly contradicted modern theology. Wouldn't modern theocrats just ignore or discredit it?" Only a minority of a minority of English-speaking Christians regard the KJV as having any particular authority. For most of us it's a historical translation that is culturally, and sometimes sentimentally, important. But I doubt even KJV-inerrantists would regard a draft as authoritative. And that's what makes this document interesting -- it's a draft; we have early editions of the KJV, but surprisingly few of the translators' notes.