Among the world"s Bibles the King James version is preeminent for its dignity and style. What is amazing is that it was the achievement of an extraordinary, and large, committee of 49 scholar-churchmen working in six companies at Westminster Abbey and the universities of Cambridge and Oxford. This is a well written account of the production of the King James version of the Bible, from the learned eccentric King himself and the factors that set the new translation effort in motion through the revising, editing, printing, reception and influence of the finished work. Emphasis is on the individual scholar-translators who labored in such unprecedented harmony and to such lasting effect. This volume offers line-by-line comparisons of various translations, original documents, list of translators, bibliography and an index. Only a few complete books have been written about the making of the King James Bible. This book will serve as both a useful reference and a pleasurable reading experience for those who treasure this best-loved and most familiar of English Bibles.