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Fascinating that this made it on to the front-page of HN. I feel sorry for this fellow in as much as his surname must cause some terrific confusion. The King J
by bencollier49 8y ago
Fascinating that this made it on to the front-page of HN. I feel sorry for this fellow in as much as his surname must cause some terrific confusion.
The King James version has remained popular as a result of its wonderful prose - to see someone approach the Hebrew Bible from a modern angle with the same intent is very interesting - I'll be having a read.
- arethuza 8y agoTrivia: the discussions that led to the suggestion to King James VI to create a new bible were held in a church a couple of miles from where I am currently sitting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burntisland_Parish_Church https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burntisland_Parish_Church
- coltonv 8y ago> Kink James VI Quality Freudian slip here.
- ConceptJunkie 8y agoReminds me of the Amboy Dukes song "Surrender To Your Kings", which on Amazon music is listed as "Surrender To Your Kinks". I wish there was some way to fix that because that error has propagated around the web.
- rc_kas 8y agoRight! I did not expect hacker news to produce some bible nerdery. Kind of cool, I'll take it.