SLIS presents editor of new King James Bible, April 4, 2011

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Celebrate the 400th Anniversary of the King James Bible with the editor of the definitive new edition! The FSU School of Library & Information Studies has collaborated with the Department of English and the program in History of Text Technologies to bring you

Professor Gordon Campbell
Professor of Renaissance Literature, University of Leicester, editor of Oxford University Press’s new facsimile edition of the Bible, author of “Bible: The Story of the King James Bible, 1611-2011”

Presenting “The King James Bible: The Book and Its Language”
Monday, April 4, 2011 • 2:00–3:30 p.m.
Scholars Commons, Strozier Library, Florida State University

The publishing of the King James Bible in 1611 was one of the most significant events in the history of the English language. The book is still a best seller. In “The King James Bible: The Book and Its Language,” Professor Campbell will survey the extraordinary efforts to produce the King James Version (KJV), requiring seven years of scholars’ labor to become the ‘Authorized Version’ of the Bible. Professor Campbell will discuss the translation process, the language of the KJV, and its interesting differences from modern texts of the same translation.

Gordon Campbell is the editor of Oxford University Press’s (OUP) new facsimile edition of the Bible, and is the author of the much praised OUP book, “Bible: The Story of the King James Bible, 1611-2011.” He has appeared on BBC radio and television to discuss this momentous event in early modern publishing history, and worked with many other scholars to celebrate the Bible’s anniversary in events throughout the UK and USA. Professor Campbell is Professor of Renaissance Literature at the University of Leicester, and a world-renowned Miltonist and Early Modern scholar.

This History of Text Technologies Lecture is generously supported by the FSU School of Library and Information Studies (http://slis.fsu.edu) with additional support from the Department of English (http://english.fsu.edu) and the program in History of Text Technologies ).

The presentation will be recorded and archived at .