Final Authority: A Christian's Guide to the King James Bible [Paperback]

William P. Grady (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 392 pages
• Publisher: Grady Publications (March 15, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0962880914
• ISBN-13: 978-0962880919
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.5 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #410,128 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thankyou for writting this book!, July 7, 2004

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Abby Louise Allison "Abby Louise Allison" (SC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Final Authority: A Christian's Guide to the King James Bible (Paperback)

I had the pleasure of hearing brother Grady preach several years ago at my church, and I must say it was a blessing. He has an amazing way of teaching and preaching. My pastor let me borrow a copy of "Final Authority", and I loved it so much I bought my own copy. At first, I thought "Oh my soul, it's such a long book!", but once I started reading it, I couldn't stop. That was two years ago and I am currently rereading it for the third time.
Grady answers the question of what our final authority is, and brings to light some very interesting things people advocating modern translations don't tell you. He exposes Westcott and Hort's unorthadox theology, and clearly shows how the manuscripts used in translating the Authorized Version are not the same ones that all other modern versions are translated with; and so much more!
God never failed in His promise to preserve His Word. We have it in the King James Authorized Version.
I have learned so much from this book and I am immensly grateful to brother Grady for writting it.
~Abby Louise Allison

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Scholarship good Footnotes, February 2, 2004

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Joseph J. Slevin (Carlsbad, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Final Authority: A Christian's Guide to the King James Bible (Paperback)

Grady does a good job of coming up with facts about the history of how we got the KJV. I think it is well researched. He will not appeal to those who are ecumenical in nature because he still espouses the ideals of the Protestant Reformation.

Grady's appeal is in his treatise on not just the KJV but those bibles that preceded it. Anyone wanting to understand how we got the English bibles must read this.

The argument is, the Textus Receptus verses the Revised Version and its tranlations and versions.

Grady does a good job chronicling the translators from Wyclif to Tyndale, down to the KJV translators.

There will be many detractors to his findings. Unlike the anti-KJV books which have weaker arguments and more emotional arguments, Grady pulls no punches.

What he needs is to appeal to all audiences by mentioning the hatred for the KJV from some audiences. A must read for those researching the KJV only study. (I call it the Textus Receptus only.)

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent well-rounded discoussion of the version issue., September 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Final Authority: A Christian's Guide to the King James Bible (Paperback)

Important book for those who are new to the issue. Be warned though of some of Grady's opinions which have nothing to do with the issue at hand (so-called 'race-mixing' etc).