It's been a real treat of the new year to have some excellent programmes on Radio 4 to celebrate the 400th year anniversary of the King James Bible. Let me strongly recommend in particular the three part series presented by James Naughtie:
The Story of the King James Bible
It's a lively, clear and entertaining series with three episodes of 45 minutes each. It features scholars like Alistair McGrath. It's available on the iPlayer for all, international users included, so there are no excuses for not catching up with this. Go to the main link above or to individual episodes here:
1. The Commission
2. The Translation
3. The Legacy
Then don't miss Sunday from 9 January when a whole episode was devoted to the King James Bible. It includes interviews with the Archbishop of Canterbury and Ed Kessler and Simon Gathercole. As always with Sunday, it is available as a podcast.
Also worth catching is a discussion on Beyond Belief on 3 January on Translation and this one you can get as a podcast. It is a discussion of translation more broadly but the catalyst is the King James Bible anniversary.
Lots to enjoy there, but the series is the top priority -- well worth a listen.
Don't you just love Radio 4?
FYI: The links to the direct mp3 files can be found here: https://www.biblosfoundation.org/(S(fb2drb55x0q02g55kimoewmw))/kjbonbbc.aspx
ReplyDeleteThanks. Not sure that they are legit., though.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the series, with lots that was new to me. That said, it wasn't quite as entertaining as Naughtie's recent introduction to Jeremy Hunt...
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