A stunning work of scholarship the Norton Critical Edition of The English Bible King James
Version is the most accessible edition available. These volumes offer succinct introductions to
each book detailed explanatory annotations and a wealth of contextual and critical materials.
Archaic words are explained textual problems are discussed and stylistic features of the texts
are highlighted. Judicious and economical the introductions and annotations to the Old
Testament give readers without Hebrew an entry into complexities of biblical literature
reconstructing its original contexts tracing its evolution and pointing out productive
strategies of reading. Incorporating the insights of modern scholarship as well as centuries of
pre-critical interpretation they offer essential guidance to a labyrinthine world while
respecting the text's integrity. For the New Testament and the Apocrypha the introductions and
annotations provide necessary historical and cultural background while at the same time
illuminating the complexity of the original texts. Time lines chronologies diagrams and maps
are included.
