Abstract

Abstract This chapter focuses on new translations and editions of the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible that were published in the modern world after World War II, including a fresh version of the Vulgate by Monsignor Ronald Knox, the Jerusalem Bible and its successor, the New Jerusalem Bible, the New American Bible, and the New English Bible. It also considers versions by other denominations such as Jehovah's Witnesses with their own New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, along with the New International Version and Today's New International Version by evangelical groups; the King James Only Movement, whose members prefer the KJV for literary or religious reasons; the readership of the KJV; and the KJV's influence on the development of the English language. The chapter concludes by assessing the status of the KJV in 2011.

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