QUESTION #34

The Answer Book ^ | 1989 | Dr. Samuel C Gipp Th.D

[Commander8]

QUESTION: Didn't the King James Bible when first printed contain the Apocrypha?

ANSWER: Yes.

[LiteKeeper]

My biggest complaint in the series of articles is the constant reference to the KJV being the "perfect" Bible. This is simply not true. And this reference is what I refer to as "arrogance" on the part of the author.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

You can still get the KJV with the apocrypha from Cambridge Bibles published in Great Britain. You can also get a reproduction of the origional 1611 edition with Apocrypha published by Nelson Publishers.
It is great fun to try to read the "Old English".

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

For those who think the KJV is the perfect bible, they need to read the preface "From the Translators to the Reader" still found in the larger editions of the Cambridge Blble and the reproduction of the 1611 edition.
The translators did not consider the KJV to be the absolute perfect end of bible translations recognizing their own human weakness.

[Between the Lines]

Be patient, there are only 28 more "questions" left and we will be free of this silly series.