Rich Lowry has an interesting column on the King James Bible. http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/271337/bible-translation-changed-world-rich-lowry He mentions two books on the subject to which I would add a third, Adam Nicolson's God's Secretaries. http://www.amazon.com/Gods-Secretaries-Making-James-Bible/dp/0060838736/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1310317173&sr=1-1
I'm told, by someone who would know, that more modern translations are not only easier to understand but more accurate, however my sense is that the loss in "majestic lift" has been considerable.
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