The KJV Bible 1611 Edition: Genuine Leather, Black [Leather Bound]

Hendrickson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2003

For 400 years, the Authorized Version of the Bible - popularly known as the King James Version - has been beloved for its majestic phrasing and stately cadences. No other book has so profoundly influenced our language and our theology. Over time, however, the text has suffered subtle and occasionally troublesome alterations. This edition preserves the original 1611 printing. Word for word and page for page, the test with its original marginal notes, preface, and other introductory material appears as it first did. The sole concession to modernity is a far more readable roman typeface set by nineteenth-century master printers.

Product Details

• Leather Bound: 1536 pages
• Publisher: Hendrickson Pub; 1611th edition edition (October 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565631625
• ISBN-13: 978-1565631625
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #999,725 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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37 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Just keep telling yourself it's the inside that counts, September 2, 2004

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M. Bridgeman (Baton Rouge, LA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The KJV Bible 1611 Edition: Genuine Leather, Black (Leather Bound)

It's the Bible, and the only English version of the Bible that's TRUE to some of the oldest, trust translations in our tongue. The facsimile is absolutely gorgeous, and it feels like you're taking a step back in time every time you open the covers. However, the actual outside of the Bible is what gets to me. The front cover is stamped with HUGE 48-point font HOLY BIBLE 1611 EDITION etcetera... This doesn't really match with the historical feel of what's inside. But overall this is my new favorite Bible and something I'm sure people at my church will love to see (since finding Bibles with the Apocrypha is quite difficult but they are the standard in the Episcopal Church).

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Sacred Feeling Restored, March 17, 2006

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Derek Shaver (W.V U.S.A) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The KJV Bible 1611 Edition: Genuine Leather, Black (Leather Bound)

I recieved my 1611 edition today (hardcover) I must say when I opened the pages a feeling of sacredness returned to me that I havent felt for quite some time. I guess over time I've become somewhat insensitive to what a wonderful gift The Bible truely is to mankind. I bought the 1611 edition to have and study a more complete KJV Bible which included the apocrypha but what I got was much more than that. A reminder of the all the faith, the work, and zeal (Not to mention countless lives of the martyred)that has been put into writing, preserving, and carefully translating this truely sacred book.
I've barely been able to put it down. The slightly disorienting spelling of the old english words are less bothersome than I imagined. I find myself reading more slowly and carefully over the texts because of this, yet I found this to be more of a blessing than a bother. Again, I am reminded that this is a book, more than any other, should be read more carefully and closely.
An undisputed champion of beautiful and poetic Literature. An uncompromising and remarkable peice of art and history. An unequalled and unsurpassed influence of all mankind spanning thousands of years. A well-spring of testimony of God's love toward his people. What other book can say this? In this day and age where there are so many "new" and revised and re-revised editions this book (1611 edition) is not only refreshing but perhaps even neccesary.
Once it was in my hands this edition of the King James absolutely reaffirmed my faith in the Bible itself. Taking me back to times when men spent their entire lives, translating or hand copying the Bible so that someone, somewhere could hold in their hands the Word of God. So in conclusion, if you are a history buff, a casual reader, a Bible Scholar, A lost soul searching for answers, or perhaps just a curious Child of God. The Holy Bible has what you need. And the 1611 edition is a faithful and refreshing recreation of the King James Holy Bible. You won't regret buying this.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic to be able to own this replica, August 23, 2005

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R. G. Brown "KJV 1611 version" (Utrecht, the Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The KJV Bible 1611 Edition: Genuine Leather, Black (Leather Bound)

It is fantastic to be able to own this replica of the KJV bible 1611 version. It is a great help with bible study and gives me some more insight.