The King James Version Defended

The Bible in English has fallen on hard times. Not only do some feminists see it as a format from which to transform Ancient Near Eastern, patriarchal religions into modern, 20th century paradigms of egalitarianism, but the American Bible publishing industry has reduced it to a commodity, hoping to maximize gains by imposing a marketing-manufactured consensus on conservative evangelicals, calling it the beginning of a ‘new tradition.’

Edward F. Hills in his work The King James Version Defended represents a sober and compelling argument for the ‘old tradition.’ As a well trained classicist and internationally recognized New Testament text critic, he analyzes the problems of both modern language translations and current New Testament text criticism methodology. With the sometimes widespread and uncritical acceptance of such translations as New International Version by pastors as well as laymen, this defense of the historic, English Protestant Bible should be read by all who share an interest in these areas.

Contents

1. God’s Three-Fold Revelation of Himself
2. A Short History of Unbelief
3. A Short History of Modernism
4. A Christian View of The Biblical Text
5. The Facts of New Testament Textual Criticism
6. Dean Burgon and the Traditional New Testament Text
7. The Traditional New Testament Text
8. The Textus Receptus and the King James Version
9. Christ’s Holy War With Satan