Understanding the King James Bible
     It's Mystery & History

In this day and age when Christians jump to every new theory about the Gnostic Gospels, why books belong in the Bible, the Da Vinci Code, etc., people need to be anchored to the historical truth that the King James Bible is God’s preserved words in English. That is what Gail Riplinger’s book, In Awe of Thy Word, does for us.

This book shows how the words of the King James Bible are the same word meanings and sounds across languages, across cultures and across time. No other Bible is like it! The King James Bible is made up of words and sounds that make you understand the feeling behind the words. And King James words are very similar to words used in other language Bibles. Today we could reach one third of the whole world with the King James alone – more than any other Bible!

Riplinger quotes from many popular literary and linguistic books, both Christian and secular, that tell the story of why the King James Bible is the best translation, not only for communicating meaning in English, but also for accurately representing the poetry and meaning of the Hebrew and Greek scriptures.

In Awe of Thy Word shows the historical roots of the King James Bible. It reveals the Bible’s continuous history, from both the Gothic Bible of 350 AD and of Britain from the 2nd century to the present, and how God’s words have stayed the same through all those centuries. And it shows why those words, in all their poetry and majesty, should never be replaced with the lesser words of any other Bible.

If you want to know the TRUTH about the history and mystery of God’s words, if you want to get beyond all the perverted Bible "fads," then this book is for you. It will give you the amazing facts about God’s preserved words for the English language, the King James Bible.

Books on the same subject

Language of the King James Bible, by Gail Riplinger

Final Authority, by Dr. William Grady

New Age Bible Versions, by Gail Riplinger

For a preview of each chapter, click on the chapter title below. Bear in mind, these are simply previews, summaries of the chapters. Order this book to receive the full meat of the author's research and anaylsis.

Section One:
Understanding the King James Bible's Mystery

Part One How to Understand King James Bible Words
     Chapter 1: Every Word
     Chapter 2: Sound = Sense

Part Two How to Understand the King James Bible: From the Bishops' Bible to the NIV
     Chapter 3: From the Bishops' Bible to the King James Bible: Introduction
     Chapter 4: How the Mind Works
     Chapter 5: The Holiest of All - Separate From Sinners - Pure Words
     Chapter 6: Pure Words...Tried
     Chapter 7: The Little Book

Part Three How to Understand King James Bible Music
     Chapter 8: Magnified Words: Echoed Letters & Sounds
     Chapter 9: The Breath & Heartbeat of God
     Chapter 10: Even Balance

Part Four How to Understand Greek, Hebrew, & English Words Using Only the King James Bible
                     (And How Not to Understand Them)
     Chapter 11: Jesus & Jehovah
     Chapter 12: The Ends of the World: The KJV for Children & Missionaries
     Chapter 13: The New Sleazzy Reading Bibles
     Chapter 14: Enemy Secrets: Lexicons & Private Interpretation

Section Two:
Understanding the King James Bible's History

Part Five Understanding King James I, His Translators & Their Hidden Notes
     Chapter 15: Hidden Notes & Public Views of the King James Bible Translators
     Chapter 16: The King's Letters Figured in Glory: The King & His Translators

Part Six Understanding King James Bible Roots: Manuscripts, Martyrs, "wise men & scribes"
     Chapter 17: The Sounds of the First English Bible: The Gothic Bible
     Chapter 18: Acts 2 to You: From the Gothic Bible to the KJV
     Chapter 19: The Anglo-Saxon Bible
     Chapter 20: From the Anglo-Saxon Bible to the KJV
     Chapter 21: English Bibles Before Wycliffe
     Chapter 22: Wycliffe's Views
     Chapter 23: Translators in the 1500s: Tyndale, Coverdale, & Rogers
     Chapter 24: Text from the 900s to the 1600s: Inspired, Preserved & Received
     Chapter 25: Warning From Translators & Martyrs: Lexicons = Burning Bibles
     Chapter 26: Understanding the Bible: Methods of Translators & Martyrs

Part Seven Understanding the King James Bible's Greek & Vernacular Bible Roots
     Chapter 27: The Received Text & Erasmus
     Chapter 28: A Documented History of the Vernacular Bible: 1599 English, Hebrew, Greek, German, Spanish, French, etc.

Appendix: KJV's ABCs
Epilogue, Acknowledgements, & About the Author
Literature Cited & Catalogue of Recommended Resources

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