ID: 901001626 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001626	Record Type: Literature

	King James Bible (version of the Bible, English, 1604/1611)

Note: One of the early translations in English of the Bible, done for the Church of England 1604/1611. Author/translators numbered 47, following instructions from King James I to ensure that the new version would reflect the episcopal structure of the Church of England and its belief in an ordained clergy. The books include the 39 books of the Old Testament, an intertestamental section containing 14 books of the Apocrypha, and the 27 books of the New Testament.

Display Date: 1604/1611

Names:

	King James Bible (version of the Bible, English, 1604/1611) (preferred,English-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Literature and Performing Arts (P)
		....<Named written and performed works> (P)
		........<Literary works: Philosophy, Religion> (P)
		............Bible (sacred literature, Judeo-Christian) (I)
		................<Versions of the Bible (Sacred texts)> (P)
		....................King James Bible (version of the Bible, English, 1604/1611) (I)

Other Relationships:

	patron is .... Church of England
	.....(Protestantism, Christianity, Abrahamic religions, religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... religious text
	.....(documents by function, document genres, information forms (objects), Information Forms (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	patron is .... James I, King of England (British king, 1566-1625)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Sources:

	King James Bible (version of the Bible, English, 1604/1611)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_James_Version#/media/File:King-James-Version-Bible-first-edition-title-page-1611.png