The Oxford 1611 KJV, Quartercentenary Edition

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A review of Oxford’s Quartercentenary Edition of the King James Version (ISBN 9780199557608). This large volume includes the text of the 1611 KJV, printed in a 10 point Roman font. Words are spelled as they were in the original KJV, so that Genesis 1.2 reads, “And the earth was without forme, and voyd, and darkenesse was vpon the face of the deepe: and the Spirit of God mooued vpon the face of the waters.”
Text is formatted in a verse-by-verse manner, and the words of Christ are in black ink. The Apocryphal books are included in a separate section between the testaments, as was typical in KJVs until the 1820s. No concordance is included in this volume, but there is one black-and-white map of Canaan.
This edition of the KJV includes a table of readings for Morning and Evening Prayer, used by the Church of England in that timeframe, and by KJV translators themselves. As a bonus, to give a sense for how the KJV translators worshiped God, I show the order for Morning Prayer from the 1559 Book of Common Prayer.
Contents:
00:00 Dimensions, margins, layout, font (four charts)
01:10 Size compared to Young’s Analytical Concordance, the Schuyler Canterbury, the CBP Turquoise, and the R.L. Allan 53BR
02:14 Page layout
03:35 Font in the text
04:50 Paper qualities
07:13 The words of Christ are in black
07:38 The Apocryphal books are included
08:09 An essay on the King James Version by Gordon Campbell
10:41 The list of errata
11:16 The head and tail bands, and the ribbons
11:43 The binding is sewn; it lies flat
12:36 The copyright page
12:53 The original title page
13:03 The Epistle Dedicatory
13:19 The Translators to the Reader
13:40 The Calendar: readings for Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer
14:23 The Almanac, showing dates for Easter and related feasts from 1603 to 1641
14:54 The table for calculating Easter
15:32 Holy days
16:03 The books of the Old and New Testaments (together with the Apocrypha)
16:17 The Great Seal of the Realm
17:05 Genealogies (not endless genealogies, but close: 35 pages!)
17:26 The map index and map of Canaan
17:54 The font compared to that in Nelson’s 1611 KJV
18:37 The font compared to that in the R.L. Allan Longprimer
19:12 The font compared to that in the CBP Turquoise
19:30 The font compared to that in the Schuyler Canterbury
21:05 An excursus on Morning Prayer - how the KJV translators worshipped God
24:31 Summary

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26 июл 2024

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@snowpuppy77 3 года назад

Thanks to this excellent review I received a copy of this Bible today. As you mention it is a big Bible for sure. Good for reading at a table or desk. Makes sense for a 1611 edition to be large. And you are right it is much easier to read than the Thomas Nelson 1611 as I have that one also. I paid about $57 for mine new and it really is an amazing Bible for that price or even much more. I am so happy with it! Wonderful paper. Such a pleasure to turn through and read. It is really like the 1611 edition I have been wanting all along. I only wish I had known about it sooner. Thanks to you I was able to understand what it was about and what a blessing it would be to have one.

@kent7525 Год назад

Very thorough review. Thx for posting this.

@thomasbanholzer7936 Год назад

As others have mentioned, excellent review and incredibly comprehensive.

@AmericanShia786 4 года назад

Always excellent reviews. No exception this time. I love this edition of the KJV.

@RGrantJones 4 года назад

Thanks, Philip! It is a very nice Bible. Thanks for the view and comment, and that historical fact about the connection between the LCMS and Anglican services.

@srfgrn 4 года назад

Best Bible review I've ever found (including Mark Bertrand's reviews). You couldn't have been more thorough and informative -- great video work as well.

@RGrantJones 4 года назад

Thank you for that kind comment!

@brendakauffman2222 2 года назад

@@RGrantJones The genealogies from Adam to Christ correct? That means the genealogy charts map all the righteous line throughout the old testament to the new.

@warrego6312 3 года назад

Beautiful presentation 👌

@inTruthbyGrace 4 года назад

Excellent review! Thank you for your attention to detail, your insight into how they worshiped back then and the time you took to prepared this video for us!

@RGrantJones 4 года назад

Thanks, inTruthbyGrace! I wasn't sure that others would find the walk-through of the Book of Common Prayer's Morning Prayer service interesting.

@brendakauffman2222 3 года назад

@@RGrantJones Interesting how they worshipped.

@EdgeOfLight 4 года назад

This is a great review. I am a fan of old literature including the bible which looks so quaint in this old edition. I ordered it.

@ietcetera7137 3 года назад

Superb review! Thank you for putting in the time to go through the product. I made my purchasing decision of this Bible because of this review.

@RGrantJones 3 года назад

I'm glad you found the review useful! Thanks for the encouraging comment!

@augustinusaurelius4634 Год назад

This is such an affront on good taste frankly, what kind of sick mind takes a book beautifully set in blackletter and uses a font meant for carving into walls, I don't go around selling seemingly normal copies of Oxford Annotated Bible but then secretly put all the text into Tironian notes just to mess with the customer... audacious, great video though

@LouieQ316 3 года назад

Great review thanks! Just ordered one

@AnHebrewChild 4 года назад

I have this bible. So happy I opted to buy it a few years back! Initially, I had no interest in the included apocryphal books it, _but now_ these books' inclusion is the thing I value most about this bible. These writings have helped me develop a better understanding of Inter-testamental history and an appreciation for broader Christianity. Whether a person considers them 'canonical' or not, they _are_ edifying; I think the removal of these books from the Protestant bibles (in early 19th cent) is a real shame.

@RGrantJones 4 года назад

I agree, danullb. I would like to see them included in all translations, at least as an option -- but especially in Bibles like the KJV that included them originally.

@dennisking4589 4 года назад

There heresy of Purgatory is derived from six verses found in the Maccabees. This and the fact that they never point to Christ are why they are understood to be not only not inspired, but also fallible, and ultimately Jewish fables.-Concerning the Apocrypha.

@MJ-jq4kc 4 года назад

How much would it cost to buy it?

@RGrantJones 4 года назад

@@MJ-jq4kc - it costs around $50, I think.

@dikaioskyrios 4 года назад

Dennis King The Catholic misinterpretation of this doesn’t discredit those verses

@gypsylane8723 4 года назад

I really like this bible thanks for sharing, you did a great job on the review.

@RGrantJones 4 года назад

Thanks, Gypsy! I like it, too. Especially the darkness of the print and the quality of the paper.

@moseskajina117 Год назад

Beautiful bible

@David.McDonald 3 года назад

Wow! how absolutely thorough of a review! Thanks! You just cost me $100AUD haha.

@BibleBelievingChristian 4 года назад

Excellent review of a very neat Bible.

@RGrantJones 4 года назад

Thank you, Bible Believing Christian!

@BibleBelievingChristian 4 года назад

R. Grant Jones my pleasure! Your videos are awesome. You’re very thorough and it shows that you spend a lot of time in preparation for your reviews and that does not go unnoticed.

@johnwilderspin1633 4 года назад

Dear Sir, Thank You for another great review. Interesting point below about Cranmer using Lutheran liturgy. Cranmer spent sometime in Germany under Lutheran influence in his earlier years where he also married. It was said that during the reign of Henry viii he kept his wife in a closet. Henry wasn’t a fan of married clergy. After Henry’s death Cranmer let her out during the reign of his son Edward vi. More to the point, Diarmatd MacCulloch’s recent work on Thomas Cromwell suggests Cranmer migrated away from the real presence of Lutheran thought towards a more symbolist view as presented by Zwingli (p 370). I guess Cranmer was a Baptist in the making. Rev John Wilderspin BA, ThM

@marveldf77 4 года назад

Does anyone knows where I can buy this Thomas Nelson facsimile version shown in the video? I cannot find it 🙏🏽

@Rudmyster 2 года назад

I have this bible and it's the best don't waste money on anything else. I also have the big one but I mostly use this one. the paper is also bible paper and is tough can take a beating.

@craigmouldey2339 2 года назад

That as well as the Thomas Nelson rendition are beautiful. I like the format with the double columns and margins divided off for cross-references. They also offer good supplementary information. I'm curious as to how many bibles you have?

@RGrantJones 2 года назад

Thanks for commenting, Craig! I can't answer your question: I haven't counted them.

@qwertyuioppoiuytrewq1199 4 года назад

What would be the best king James with the apocrypha

@ryansantoni 4 года назад

Great review, thanks. I should like to go through the year in a more liturgical manner. I was considering getting myself a copy of the Cambridge book of common prayer enlarged edition for Christmas, though I’m not sure if that’s the best version. Do you have any recommendations? Thanks again, God bless.

@RGrantJones 4 года назад

Ryan - I have it in hardback, and it's well made on decent paper. Judging from the signatures, I believe it's sewn. The font is large, with uppercase letters being about 11 points (compared to Times New Roman), and lowercase being maybe 12.5 or 13 points tall. So I think the Cambridge BCP, enlarged edition, is an excellent choice. Another good BCP is Oxford's edition of the 1928 American book (not to be confused with the proposed 1928 British book). The font is around 12 points (9780195285253).

@ryansantoni 4 года назад

Thank you very much, I basically got another review out of you lol. Yeah I think I’ll get the Cambridge one in hardback like you or maybe imitation leather, I don’t think the French Morocco leather is worth th price. Anyway, thanks again!

@HandJvlogs 4 года назад

Ryan Santoni I would note that depending on where you live getting the American prayerbook may make more sense. The British 1662 BCP includes prayers for the Monarch and the Royal Family at morning and evening prayer, while the American 1928 BCP includes prayers for the President and the Governor of the state.

@WolfRhymesEntertainment Год назад

All you need now is onions pickles lettuce buns and condiments and you have yourself a feast of the bread of life

@johnanderson8740 11 месяцев назад

Its a beautiful bible ❤

@SteveM0732 4 года назад

For some reason I'm bothered by being printed in China. I think due to my assumptions of the quality of materials used (eg. is the paper truly acid free). This appears to be a fine example though and at an affordable price.

@RGrantJones 4 года назад

I wish publishers would move out of the PRC entirely. Surely there are other countries where labor and other production costs are low -- but which don't oppress Christians and ethnic minorities. I think you're wise to be suspicious regarding the quality of materials. But I have no issues with this particular copy.

@knessetyshua 4 года назад

Yes, the paper is acid free, tested it with pH pen.

@tomf1028 4 года назад

Love your unique & detailed reviews, Rick! Always enjoy how you take the time to break things down for the viewer, even translating the Oxford theme from Psalm 27 or the Cambridge/Royal Seal of the UK - God in my right? Seen this before & never knew what it meant or took the time to research it & here you are decoding with explanation, much appreciated! 😁 Just had to pause for the comment. Ok, now back to your video... Thanks for including the book of common prayer also. Do you know of churches or denominations that still use this format when they gather for worship?

@RGrantJones 4 года назад

Thanks for the comment, Tom! In the US, you'll find some churches -- usually small denominations like the Anglican Catholic Church -- that use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer (BCP). It employs Elizabethan language and is very similar to the 1559 book. In the UK, the Church of England used the 1662 BCP until a few decades ago. The Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) just developed its own prayer book. I've not examined it, but I think it has optional services in archaic English that are somewhat similar to those in the older prayer books. You can view it here: bcp2019.anglicanchurch.net/index.php/downloads/ .

@tomf1028 4 года назад

@@RGrantJones thank you very much! 🙂

@manrightchea 4 года назад

@@RGrantJones Hi Grant, I was wondering do you know any other full KJV with Apocrypha Bibles that actually have red letter because the only one I have found is the Cambridge Cameo, I don't know why it's so hard to find a Bible with all of the books intended. The Apocrypha was removed by the Protestants in the 1700s so they are important books imo.

@RGrantJones 4 года назад

@@manrightchea - No, apart from the Cameo, I don't know of any red letter KJVs with the Apocrypha. (I think most KJVs were printed *with* the additional books until the 1820s.) Thanks for the question!

@manrightchea 4 года назад

@@RGrantJones Thank you for your help!

@micahwatz1148 Год назад

This font looks like it would be less straining on your eyes than modern fonts.

@hassanmirza2392 3 года назад

The spellings are very funny in this Bible. The Bible which made English what it is today.

@RGrantJones 3 года назад

Yes, they are strange to our eyes. The text would look even stranger if it were printed in blackletter font, like the original. Thanks for commenting, Hassan!

@-johnny-deep- 4 месяца назад

Great and thorough review! I want it. Still only $66 on Amazon, but I'm worried they won't protect it enough in shipping: this book is HEAVY! Two questions: how come the genealogies and map don't show up in the table of contents? And are the pages *really* sewn in signatures? Have you espied the actual stitching?

@RGrantJones 4 месяца назад

Thanks for the questions, johnny. 'how come the genealogies and map don't show up in the table of contents?' No idea. 'And are the pages really sewn in signatures? Have you espied the actual stitching?' Yes. I see seven lines of stitching at Revelation XXI.

@-johnny-deep- 4 месяца назад

@@RGrantJones Ok, thanks!

@stevechristie8549 4 года назад

I hope that you gain access to a Baronius Press Douay-Rheims leather bound Bible.

@RGrantJones 4 года назад

It's likely at some point. I almost bought one recently, but according to the reviews I came across, Baronius Press didn't catch all the typos before going to print. But, as I said, I'll likely go ahead and acquire a copy to review at some point.

@cameronleaana1153 Год назад

I found a bible printed in 1772 but missing from revelation chapter 19 onwards (that’s all I know for now that’s missing) is this bible the same word for word as mine?

@RGrantJones Год назад

I'm fairly sure it isn't. A number of minor changes had been made by 1772.

@catfinity8799 2 месяца назад

Hey, I think that there might be an error in this edition, and I would like to know before buying. In Genesis 4:20, the 1611 should say Iabal, but some reprints say Jabal. Could you please flip there and tell me what it says?

@RGrantJones 2 месяца назад

It has Jabal. Thanks for the question.

@catfinity8799 2 месяца назад

@@RGrantJones Thank you for responding! If you'd like to know, the text of this Bible is most likely copied from the 1833 Oxford reprint of the 1611, which has that exact error (you can find it on Internet Archive). The Hendrickson 1611 appears to just be a complete copy/paste of the 1833 with the title picture added and Various Readings removed, but Oxford's Quatercentary Edition added the genealogies and maps, which were absent from the 1833, and (from what I can see in your video) changed the drop caps to be the same as the 1611. Someone had mentioned in an Amazon review that it was copied from the 1833 (which was how I learned about this), but the changes threw me off.

@SultanTwbh Год назад

Could anyone tell me what pen he was holding? I really like the way it looks.

@RGrantJones Год назад

I usually use a mechanical pencil as a pointer. It’s a Pentel GraphGear 500 PG523.

@nnicoolee411ns 3 года назад

How the morning and evening prayers in the beginning of the book 📚 look. Is it legable

@RGrantJones 3 года назад

Thanks for the question, Nicole S! The tables of readings are hard to make out. The Roman numeral 10 (x) looks like an r, and the five (v) looks like a b. (There are no actual prayers in the beginning.)

@nnicoolee411ns 3 года назад

I was talking about the morning and evening prayers in the front of the Bible by month because they are kind of hard to read in mind's I'm thinking about purchasing another bible that is easier to see the front.

@nnicoolee411ns 3 года назад

I guess it might be the font type that is difficult to read

@valterrobertosoares4247 Год назад

How about the Hendrickson Publishers's 1611 KJV Bible? It is very cheap.

@proverbs9103 3 года назад

I just bought this Bible it said it was leather bound but it appears that yours is a hardback is it hardback and leather bound or just leather bound?

@RGrantJones 3 года назад

It's leather over boards -- both a hardback and leather bound.

@proverbs9103 3 года назад

@@RGrantJones Amen thank you so much for your reply I'm very excited to be getting this Bible I'm going to do my read through in that Bible this year I have several copies of the 1769 but I've never actually read the 1611 all the way through Lord bless you and yours

@garthkennedy4294 3 года назад

Anybody else experience ASMR while watching this?!

@RGrantJones 3 года назад

It's not intentional! Thanks for commenting!

@ietcetera7137 3 года назад

I would pay premium to listen to R Grant Jones make an audiobook of the entire KJV translation.

@garthkennedy4294 3 года назад

@@ietcetera7137 Yes, same!

@georgefredericks2699 3 года назад

Are you one who works in the book printing industry.? You are very thorough.

@RGrantJones 3 года назад

Thanks for commenting, George! No, I haven't worked in printing, but I have tried to use a number of Bibles over the years. In that time I've developed opinions about what works well and what doesn't, at least as far as I'm concerned.

@ymshao 3 года назад

How is it compared with Hendrickson KJV 1611?

@RGrantJones 3 года назад

That's a good question! Unfortunately, I don't have a copy of the Hendrickson edition.

@joanneberry5352 3 года назад

Is this close to the henrickson version?

@RGrantJones 3 года назад

Thanks for the question! I think so, but I'm not sure. The Hendrickson edition appears to be the similar to the old Nelson 1611 KJV that I have (which I may have shown briefly in this video). Based on what I find on the internet, the Hendrickson edition is smaller than this Oxford edition, and it has a smaller font -- about 8 pt compared to the 10 pt font shown here.

@joanneberry5352 3 года назад

Thank you so much for getting back to me!

@eulaliaschultz6074 11 месяцев назад

Couldn't it get confusing not having the words of Christ in red? I feel like I always have to have Christ's words in red to know when He is actually speaking or teaching.

@victors.3633 Год назад

No blackletter font??

@RGrantJones Год назад

No, but take a look at this one: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Bc_ZSvIKU_c.html .

@richmh19 2 года назад

Out of curiosity why is it printed in China?

@RGrantJones 2 года назад

The publisher knows, but I don't. My guess is it was printed there to keep the cost low.

@GilAV-gc8bj 2 года назад

Unfortunate isn’t it? I get my bibles from KJV only publishers that don’t print in China, like CBP and Trinitarian bible society they’re printed in the USA and Belarus.

@MJ-jq4kc 4 года назад

How much is the Bible?

@RGrantJones 4 года назад

I think it costs about $50. You can find it on Amazon.com.

@craftyajay9495 4 года назад

Q-A-T-ercentenary edition, not Quartercentenary . . . 400 YEAR Edition; otherwise very good. Thanks.

@joshuawick5382 4 года назад

I like the New American Bible printed by The Catholic Bible Press. I was into the KJV 1611 edition but have lost some interest in it because of the outdated archaic language. I just LOVE how the NAB bible reads.

@RGrantJones 4 года назад

I haven't spent much time with the NAB lately. I do like the way my old St. Joseph's edition is printed, its thick paper, and the absence of red letters. The NABREs I've picked up in book stores have thin paper, disturbing show-through, and (sometimes) bright pink letters.

@-johnny-deep- 4 месяца назад

Testing if I can still post a comment here.

@RGrantJones 4 месяца назад

I see it.

@-johnny-deep- 4 месяца назад

Thanks. Yes, it survived. I'm going to post a longer one right after this one. If that disappears, I have no idea why. I even eliminated all links and it contains no "bad" words as far as I know!

@-johnny-deep- 4 месяца назад

And, it didn't survive. I just don't get it.

@RGrantJones 4 месяца назад

@@-johnny-deep- - RU-vid is tricky. Out of curiosity, I checked, and there are no comments in this channel's "held for review" bin.

@-johnny-deep- 4 месяца назад

Alright. I give up. I had been trying to say that I was looking for a specific book by A. W. Pollard published by Oxford in 1911. I contains over 140 pages of historical info, plus a facsimile of the 1611 version including the genealogies and map. The title is "The Holy Bible : a facsimile in a reduced size of the Authorized version published in the year 1611". There's a 140 mb pdf of it on line. Google it.

@matthewxx99 3 года назад

i need one without the essay & not printed in china

@dennisking4589 4 года назад

@soldierofgod6335 3 года назад

Examine this Bible very closely.. I purchased a 1611 KJV and had to rip out a page talking about "Easter" (Ishtar), which is pagan, and had an illustration of the baphomet and 2 snakes. I already knew the Bible was tampered with, but what this tells me is 4 things: 1. King James wasn't necessarily a good man and was used by God to authorize the translation. 2. People during that time were ignorant of deception. 3. Whenever God is present, satan isn't too far away (like when satan kept trying to ask God permission to break and eventually kill Job). 4. The KJV isn't perfect, but the spiritual "Meat" of it has been preserved. Remember God has control over ALL things. God Bless you ALL.

@allwillberevealed777 Год назад

I'm surprised you didn't bring up the illustration pages showing the genealogy of Adam to Christ that is filled with Masonic handshakes all over. 🤡

@deanhall9292 2 года назад

there is NOT one letter 'J' in it at all !!!!!!!......Iesus, Iurasalem, Iohn , Iames, Iustice ...????????????????? INRI ~ Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudah........Iulius Ceaser? Iustinian?.....HOW could they have worshipped JUPITER (Deus Pater).......in Latin ROMAN times ?????????? Iove ?........yi ho veh......Yehoveh~ Jehova......another twist!! YHWH= YaHWeH...JHVH= JeHoVaH..?????