{"product_id":"majestie-the-king-behind-the-king-james-bible","title":"Majestie: The King Behind the King James Bible","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the Beginning,\nJames. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOrphaned, bullied, lonely, and unloved as a boy, in time the\nyoung King of Scots overcame his troubled beginnings to ascend the English\nthrone at the height of England’s Golden Age. In an effort to pacify rising\ntensions in the Anglican Church, and to reflect the majesty of his new reign,\nhe spearheaded the most important literary undertaking in Western history—the\ntranslation of the Bible into a beautiful, lyrical, and accessible English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Teems’s narrative crackles with wit, using a\nthoroughly modern tongue to reanimate the life of this seventeenth century\nking—a man at the intersection of political, literary, and religious thought,\nyet a man of contrasts, dubbed by one French king as “the wisest fool in\nChristendom.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWarm, insightful, even at times amusing, Teems’s depiction\nof King James has all the elements of a grand tale—conspiracy, kidnapping,\nwitchcraft, murder, love, despair, loss. \u003ci\u003eMajestie\u003c\/i\u003e\noffers an engaging new look at the world’s most cherished, revered, and influential\ntranslation of Sacred Writ and the king behind it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e “Engrossing and entertaining…a delightful read in\nevery way.” – \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Teems","offers":[{"title":"Softcover","offer_id":51669293072690,"sku":"9781595552204","price":10.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0988\/7934\/0850\/files\/9781595552204.jpg?v=1787958121","url":"https:\/\/53rdstreetbooks.com\/products\/majestie-the-king-behind-the-king-james-bible","provider":"53rd Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}