Did Shakespeare Contribute to the King James Bible?

[Pat Mustard]

It’s possible that the King James Bible is actually the King James by Bill.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psalm_46#S...involement

The question would have to be asked whether or not the KJV backs into the original Hebrew and Aramaic texts. As far as I know, it does mostly back in. The key differences are translation errors introduced in the KJV to artificially (and quite deliberately) paint jesus into the Hebrew bible.

If there are additional psalms in the Christian texts, then maybe. Or maybe Shakespeare assisted with the shoddy translation.

There was a lot of stuff added into the KJV, most of it there to justify James VI & I's claims to having a divine right to rule without recourse to parliament, and to limit puritan and calvinist (or Knoxian) influences on the coe. They went so far as to use an older version of English that hadn't been spoken for over a hundered years by the reign of James VI & I in order to lend the version an aura of age and authenticity.

Earlier versions such as the unfinished Tyndale bible, or Henry VIII's great bible, or the bishop's bible, were more accurate translations, for all that's worth given the fact the bible we know today was largely written between 200CE and 325CE with major additions subsequent (like inserting the resurrection into Matthew to make it agree with the later written gospels).

Edit: I always get a kick out of American religitards coming on here extolling the KJV, seeing as it extolled a political principle their ancestors may have rebelled against.