Wide as the Waters Benson Bobrick 2001 Hardcover Book Used 1st Edition Rare

Description: Used copy of Wide as the Waters written by Benson Bobrick, published by Simon & Schuster in New York in the year 2001. Old historical rare vintage antique books. Next to the Bible itself, the English Bible was--and is--the most influential book ever published. The most famous of all English Bibles, the King James Version, was the culmination of centuries of work by various translators, from John Wycliffe, the fourteenth-century catalyst of English Bible translation, to the committee of scholars who collaborated on the King James translation. Wide as the Waters examines the life and work of Wycliffe and recounts the tribulations of his successors, including William Tyndale, who was martyred, Miles Coverdale, and others who came to bitter ends. It traces the story of the English Bible through the tumultuous reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary Tudor, and Elizabeth I, a time of fierce contest between Catholics and Protestants in England, as the struggle to establish a vernacular Bible was fought among competing factions. In the course of that struggle, Sir Thomas More, later made a Catholic saint, helped orchestrate the assault on the English Bible, only to find his own true faith the plaything of his king. In 1604, a committee of fifty-four scholars, the flower of Oxford and Cambridge, collaborated on the new translation for King James The author is Benson Bobrick.Author Benson Bobrick earned his doctorate from Columbia University and is the author of several critically acclaimed works, including Wide as the Waters: The Story of the English Bible and the Revolution It Inspired and Angel in the Whirlwind: The Triumph of the American Revolution.Published by Simon & Schuster in New York in 2001.The edition is 1st.The size is 6.5 inches x 9.25 inches x 1 inch.The color is black.The book contains no signatures.The book has no marginalia or writings within the book.The book is Hard cover bound.The book has a dust cover.The genre is Historical Non-Fiction.The language is English.Shipped next day with USPS Media mail in a bubble mailer.

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