The King James Bible: Great Books Explained

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcqIVnUar7Q

The film about the King James Bible I co-authored with James Payne, a curator, gallerist, and passionate art lover, has now garnered over 50,000 views. 

It covers the content and structure of the Bible as well as telling both the story of the King James Version's creation and some of its cultural influence.

Check it out and add your thoughts to comments that now include:

• "what great insights! Thank you"
• "I look at the Bible quite differently now that I’ve watched this. Thank you so much for this new lens of insight."
• "Astonishing how rich the history of the Bible really is even in the "later" days - I had no idea so many people had worked on it. And the process used for the KJV - my goodness, it seems so complicated and yet so very clever."
• "It's sad when people either haven't realized or outright deny how important the KJV bible has been in the history of the English-speaking world, even if someone isn't religious, it's very much worth learning about the impact this book had on culture. Thank you for making this video!"
• "This "beautiful" video is one of the best of youtube. Thank you!"
• "Wow, when I saw the topic, I thought, How ballsy, such a controversial topic! But it was masterfully done, a good analysis of the book as a book."

For more of my writings on the Bible see here:

• Exodus & Exile - an online exhibition exploring themes of identity and migration in the Bible;
• Visual Commentary on Scripture - three exhibitions for the VCS on Daniel 4, Matthew 4:12–22 & Mark 1:14–20, and Hebrews 11; and
• Visual Meditations - visual meditations written for ArtWay.

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Malcolm & Alwyn - Fool's Wisdom.

An intensely beautiful presentation of the King James Bible

34K views in 4 days and counting! The film about the King James Bible I have co-authored with James Payne, a curator, gallerist, and passionate art lover, is proving very popular. It covers the content and structure of the Bible as well as telling both the story of the King James Version's creation and some of its cultural influence.

Check it out and add your thoughts to comments that currently include:

• "It's mindblowing how much of the most important events in our history were influenced by the Bible. Thank you for another great video!"
• "Fantastic video, like always! I've always been smugly happy about being born and spending my childhood in a communist country, as it meant no religious education. But you are right, the influence on our society is immense, and it's so enlightening to better understand it! Thank you!"
• "Never would have expected a translation of the Bible to have such an impact on the English language, and the world. Thank you!"
• "Wow. An intensely beautiful presentation of this book. Being an atheist, i did not even know this book was translated in english in thoses days, i thought the translation was more recent."
• "As a Christian I am familiar with the Bible, but I was unaware of the history of the making of the King James Version. Very interesting!"
• "Very interesting video! So many idioms, I had no idea."
• "I was curious as to how you’d tackle the most consequential book in the world’s history and as always you’ve done a magnificent job with aplomb."
• "i'm an atheist & im ready to learn."

For more of my writings on the Bible see here:

• Exodus & Exile - an online exhibition exploring themes of identity and migration in the Bible;
• Visual Commentary on Scripture - two exhibitions for the VCS; one on Daniel 4, the other on Hebrews 11; and 
• Visual Meditations - visual meditations written for ArtWay.

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Rebecca St James - Sweet Song Of Salvation.