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A Short Biography of The Bible

Tome Name:

The Bible

Early Name:

The Bible

Other Names:

Created:

c. 600 BC





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Christian Holy Book                          
The Authorized Version, commonly known as the King James Version, the King James Bible or the KJV, is an English translation by the Church of England of the Christian Bible begun in 1604 and completed in 1611.

First printed by the King's Printer, Robert Barker, this was the third such official translation into English; the first having been the Great Bible commissioned by the Church of England in the reign of King Henry VIII, and the second having been the Bishop's Bible of 1568.

The United Kingdom has the rights to the Authorized Version, and are held by the British Crown under perpetual Crown copyright.

Publishers are licensed to reproduce the Authorized Version under letters patent. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland the letters patent are held by the Queen's Printer, and in Scotland by the Scottish Bible Board.                           
                          
                          
The Book of Mormon has many linguistic similarities to the King James Bible, including passages that are word-for-word with the King James but that scholars now believe to be erroneous. 

One example is Mark 16:15-18 which is quoted nearly word-for-word in Mormon 9:22-24. The passage concerns believers holding snakes and drinking poison; however it does not appear in many early manuscripts and is widely believed to be composed in the 2nd century.

Additionally, the book reflects the KJV literary and linguistic style. The KJV was the most commonly used translation of the Bible when the Book of Mormon was published by Joseph Smith in 1830.