March 26, 2011

Celebrate the 400th Anniversary of the KJV
with Princeton Seminary

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This year marks the quadricentennial of a Bible that has inspired countless church members, pastors, theologians, artists, and writers. This unique program addresses the question: On the 400th anniversary of the King James Version of the Bible, what hath King James wrought?

You’ll join distinguished Princeton Seminary faculty, church leaders, and members of your congregation and other churches to explore how the KJV, or Authorized Version, has influenced language, literature, culture, and faith for 400 years. You will:
•    Expand your KJV knowledge
•    Increase your appreciation of its language
•    Discuss biblical translations
•    Explore using the Bible in your personal devotion and public worship

Keynotes		Choices of Workshops
Iain Torrance, PTS president: “The Bible in English: Tyndale and His Followers and Imitators”		Clifton Black, PTS professor: “Celebrating the Quadricentennial of the King James Version”	Leong Seow, PTS professor: “Bible Translations and Their  Consequences”
James Charlesworth, PTS professor:    The Gospel of John and History: How Archaeology Surprisingly Sometimes Proves John’s Report"		F.W. Dobbs-Allsopp, PTS associate professor: “Tyndale, the King James Bible, and a Biblical English Prose Style in American Literature”	Kang-Yup Na, Westminster College associate professor: “What the Bible Is and Is Not” (in Korean).
		Nancy Lammers Gross, PTS dean of student life/associate professor: “Readeth Thou the KJV of the Bible? Aloud?!?”
		Worship: “A Meditation on the African American Spirituals”
		Peter Paris, PTS professor emeritus	William Heard, vocalist and pastor