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1、StudyoftheKingJamesBibleStudyoftheKingJamesBibleBYCLELANDBOYDMcAFEE,D.D.1StudyoftheKingJamesBiblePREFACETHElecturesincludedinthisvolumewerepreparedattherequestoftheBrooklynInstituteofArtsandSciences,andweredeliveredintheearlypartof1912,underitsauspices.TheyweresuggestedbythetercentenaryoftheKingJ
2、amesversionoftheBible.Theplanadoptedledtoarestatementofthehistorywhichpreparedfortheversion,andofthatwhichproducedit.Itwasnaturalnexttopointoutitsprincipalcharacteristicsasapieceofliterature.Twolecturesfollowed,notingitsinfluenceonliteratureandonhistory.Thecourseclosedwithastatementandargumentreg
3、ardingtheplaceoftheBibleinthelifeofto-day.Thereceptionaccordedthelecturesatthetimeoftheirpublicdelivery,andthediscussionwhichensueduponsomeofthepointsraised,encouragethehopethattheymaybemorewidelyuseful.ItisapleasuretoassigntoDr.FranklinW.Hooper,directoroftheInstitute,whatevercredittheworkmaymeri
4、t.Certainlyitwouldnothavebeenundertakenwithouthiskindlyurgency.CLELANDBOYDMcAFEE.Brooklyn,NewYork,May,1912.2StudyoftheKingJamesBibleLECTUREIPREPARINGTHEWAY--THEENGLISHBIBLEBEFOREKINGJAMESTHEREarethreegreatBook-religions--Judaism,Christianity,andMohammedanism.Otherreligionshavetheirsacredwritings,
5、buttheydonotholdtheminthesameregardasdothesethree.BuddhismandConfucianismcounttheirbooksratherrecordsoftheirfaiththanrulesforit,historyratherthanauthoritativesourcesofbelief.ThethreegreatBook-religionsyieldameasureofauthoritytotheirsacredbookswhichwouldbeutterlyforeigntothethoughtofotherfaiths.Ye
6、tamongthethreenamedaretwoverydistinctattitudes.TotheMohammedanthelanguageaswellasthematteroftheKoranissacred.Hewillnotpermititstranslation.ItsoriginalArabicistheonlyauthoritativetongueinwhichitcanspeak.Ithasbeentranslatedintoothertongues,butalwaysbyadherentsofotherfaiths,neverbyitsownbelievers.Th
7、eHebrewandtheChristian,ontheotherhand,butnotablytheChristian,havepersistentlysoughttomaketheirBiblespeakalllanguagesatalltimes.ItisacuriousfactthataBookwritteninonetongueshouldhavecometoitslargestpowerinotherlanguagest
