King James's Bible: A Selection

W. H. Stevenson is retired Professor of English at Calabar University, Nigeria.

Foreword

List of abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Shape and purpose

God as protagonist

The Covenant quest

The Law and sin

Deliverance

Unifying force

Further reading

Originals and translations

The Hebrew scriptures

The Law

The Histories and the prophets

The Writings

The Apocrypha

The New Testament

Early translations

The Vulgate

‘Wycliffe’

Sixteenth-century source texts

The English Bible

Tyndale and the Bible

Coverdale: the ‘Great Bible’

The Geneva Bible

The Bishops’ Bible

The Rheims–Douai Bible

The emergence of AV

Further reading

The language of AV

Further reading

THE OLD TESTAMENT

The Pentateuch

Kings, prophets and writers

Genesis

Creation

The garden

Cain and Abel

Abraham and Sarah

The lineage of Abraham

The Covenant

Sarah’s child

Hagar’s child

The sacrifice of Isaac

About Jacob

Jacob and Esau

The blessing

Jacob at Beth-el

Rachel at the well

Jacob’s wives

The twelve sons

Jacob’s sheep

The ford of Jabbok

The death of Rachel

Exodus

Moses: the burning bush

Moses and Pharaoh

The plagues of Egypt

The Passover

Crossing the Red Sea

The songs of Moses and Miriam

The wilderness

Manna

In Sinai

The Ten Commandments

The Tabernacle and the Ark

The veil

The altar of incense

The workmen

Completion

Leviticus

The Day of Atonement)

A part of the Law

Numbers

The fiery serpent

Deuteronomy

The Law

Moses’ death

THE HISTORIES

Joshua

Jericho

Judges: Jael and Sisera

Deborah’s Song

Ruth

Naomi’s bereavement

Ruth gleans

Ruth and Boaz

The marriage

David and Absalom

Bath-sheba and Uriah

Nathan speaks

The rape of Tamar

The murder of Amnon

Absalom’s revolt

Civil war

The battle in the wood

Aftermath

Kings: Solomon’s kingdom

King-making

David’s bequests

Of Adonijah and Joab

Solomon’s wisdom

Solomon’s temple

Queen and wives

Kings: Decadence

Elijah and Ahab

Elijah in hiding

Elijah’s departure

The kingdoms’ fall

The fall of Samaria

The fall of Judah

THE PROPHETS

Prophets of the two kingdoms: Amos

The State of Israel

‘The Day of the Lord’

Judgment

Hosea

The lovers

A new day

Micah

The Lord’s demands

Isaiah (1)

Corruptions at Court

‘The Day of the Lord’

The song of the vineyard

Isaiah’s call

Immanuel

Assyria

Jesse’s offspring

The Lord’s vengeance

Prophets of the Exile: Jeremiah

Oracles and judgments

Hinnom

The unjust rich man

The new David

Oracles of comfort

A new Covenant

Ezekiel

Visions of God

Images of siege

The valley of dry bones

Prophets of the return: ‘Second’ Isaiah

The end of exile

My servant Israel

The Lord’s mercy

The messenger and the servant

Zechariah

The red horse

The measuring line

The new priesthood

Question and answer

Malachi

The refiner’s fire

Daniel

Belshazzar’s feast

The four beasts

THE WRITINGS

Job

Prologue

Job’s calamity

Job’s lament

From the first cycle

Job responds

Interpolation: of wisdom

God’s challenge

God’s second challenge

Job’s submission

Epilogue

The Psalms

Psalm 2

Psalm 8

Psalm 10

Psalm 23

Psalm 24

Psalm 46

Psalm 51

Psalm 65

Psalm 82

Psalm 84

Psalm 90

Psalm 91

Psalm 95

Psalm 100

Psalm 121

Psalm 127

Psalm 130

Psalm 137

Psalm 139

Proverbs

Wisdom

The strange woman

Advice

Ecclesiastes

Acceptance

Time and death

The Song of Solomon

The song of Songs, which is Solomon’s

Epilogue to the Old Testament

Satan, the angels and Paradise

THE NEW TESTAMENT

THE GOSPELS

St Mark’s Gospel

John the Baptist

Jesus in Galilee

The parable of the sower

Other sayings

Calming the storm

The Gadarene swine

Jairus’ daughter

The disciples sent out

The death of John the Baptist

Other incidents

Jesus revealed as Messiah

The children

On riches

On the road

Blind Bartimæus

The triumphal entry

Jesus in the temple

The parable of the vineyard

Challenge and debate

The widow’s mite

Signs of Doomsday

The Last Supper

The Mount of Olives: betrayal

Trial

Crucifixion

Resurrection

St Matthew’s Gospel

The birth of Jesus

The Sermon on the Mount

The Beatitudes

The perfect Law

Of prayer and service

Of judgment

Other sayings

The parable of the labourers

The parable of the wise and foolish virgins

The parable of the talents

The parable of the sheep and the goats

Matthew’s ending

St Luke’s Gospel

The Magnificat

The birth of Jesus

Nunc Dimittis

Encounters

The good Samaritan

Other encounters

The prodigal son

The justified sinner

The road to Emmaus

Luke’s ending

St John’s Gospel

The Word

Water into wine

The woman at Jacob’s well

Feeding five thousand

Walking on water

The bread of life

The adulteress

The man born blind

The shepherd and his sheep

Lazarus

Jesus reflects on his death

The last evening: Jesus washes the disciples’ feet

‘My father’s mansions’

The true vine

Betrayal and arrest

Judgment

Crucifixion

Resurrection

The last meeting

The Acts of the Apostles

Pentecost

The first church

The gentiles admitted

Paul in prison

Paul in Athens

THE EPISTLES

The Epistles of Paul

To the Romans

The beginning and end of the Law

To the Corinthians (1–2)

The First Epistle

Paul’s greeting

Of sects and schisms

Of spiritual values

The Second Epistle

Light and liberty

The Second Epistle to Timothy

Thoughts for a young friend

The epistle to the Hebrews

The Son

The last High Priest

On faith

An Epistle from James

The Law of Liberty

The First Epistle of John

Life and light

The spirit of love

The Revelation of St John the Divine

John as God’s servant

John’s vision

The vision of the throne

The sealed book: and the vision of the lamb

The four horse

2 Comparative texts: 2 Samuel (18:19–33); Song of Solomon (2:10–17); Hebrews (1:1–4); Matthew (6:34b

3 Chronology

Bibliography

Maps

Index

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