400th Anniversary of the King James Bible

July 9-10, 2011

Saturday, July 9

Academic Symposium
Film screening of “KJB: The Book
that Changed the World”

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Sunday morning service at
Calvary- St. George’s
Online Registration opens Friday, April 8

American Bible Society is pleased to  commemorate the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible.  Since its first publication in 1611, the King James Bible has become one of the most significant books in history. It was commissioned and translated as a Bible that could be used for both reading publicly at church and for personal devotions. It was designed to be the common translation that united Bible readers everywhere. The KJB has become an enormous influence, not only on the English language, but also on churches and cultures throughout the world.

Please join us in celebrating the impact and influence the King James Bible has had by attending one of the events listed below. 

On Eagles’ Wings : The King James Bible Turns 400
July 08–September 18, 2011

To commemorate the 400th anniversary of one of the greatest books in the English language, the Museum of Biblical Art is organizing On Eagles’ Wings: The King James Bible Turns Four Hundred. The exhibition will explore the historic context in which the King James Bible was translated and published. It begins with an examination of the Bishop’s Bible, sponsored by Queen Elizabeth in 1568. Through printed Bibles, manuscripts, letters, portraits and visual meditations on the meaning of the biblical text, the exhibition will present the touchstones of the translation process. Through print runs from the 17th through the 21st centuries, On Eagles’ Wings will show how relevant this work was and continues to be for various generations.   

Saturday morning, July 9
9:00 AM

American Bible Society
1865 Broadway, New York

Academic Symposium by Internationally Renowned King James Bible Experts Dr. David Norton, Dr. Scot McKnight, Dr. Euan K. Cameron and Dr. Marlon Winedt.

Dr. Euan K. Cameron
Euan Cameron was educated at Eton and Oxford, where he graduated with a BA in History in the First Class in 1979 and received the D.Phil. in 1982. From 1979 to 1985, he was a junior research fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. In 1985, he moved to the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, where he worked in the Department of History for 17 years, receiving promotions to reader (1992) and full professor (1997) and serving as head of department.  He was awarded a Leverhulme Research Fellowship in 1996/7. In 2002, he was appointed as the first Henry Luce III Professor of Reformation Church History at Union Theological Seminary in New York, with a concurrent appointment in the Department of Religion in Columbia University. From 2004 to 2010, he also served as Academic Vice-President in the seminary.  He is on sabbatical leave and holds a fellowship at All Souls College, Oxford for 2010/11.

Dr. Scot McKnight
Scot McKnight is a recognized authority on the New Testament, early Christianity and the historical Jesus. He is the Karl A. Olsson Professor in Religious Studies at North Park University (Chicago, Illinois).  Dr. McKnight has given interviews on radios across the nation, has appeared on television and regularly speaks at local churches, conferences, colleges and seminaries in the United States and abroad. Dr. McKnight earned his PhD at the University of Nottingham (1986).


Dr. David Norton
After studying at Cambridge University, David Norton moved to New Zealand where he is professor of English at Victoria University of Wellington. His first book, A History of the Bible as Literature, 2 vols (Cambridge University Press, 1993; revised and condensed as A History of English Bible as Literature, 2000), won the Conference on Christian Literature Book of the Year Award (1994). At the request of Cambridge University Press, he then edited the text of the King James Bible, conforming it to the original translators’ decisions and modernizing the spelling, punctuation and presentation. David Norton is a fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand and of the New Zealand Academy of the Humanities. His latest book is The King James Bible: a Short History from Tyndale to Today (Cambridge University Press).

Dr. Marlon Winedt
Marlon Winedt is a native of  the island of Curaçao. He has a PhD in theology in the Bible translation program from the Free University of Amsterdam (1999). An ordained pastor, Marlon lives in Curaçao, where he works full-time for the UBS as a translation consultant in the Americas and the Caribbean region. He is responsible for translation projects in Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, Belize, French Guyana and the islands of the former Netherlands Antilles and helped establish two existent interactive children Bible museums.

Saturday afternoon, July 9
2:00 pm

American Bible Society
1865 Broadway, New York

Premiere & Discussion with the Director of “KJB: The Book that Changed the World”

“KJB—The Book that Changed the World”, produced and directed by Norman Stone, is a 90-minute film documenting the creation and significance of the King James Bible. Created for the translation’s 400th anniversary, this film features acclaimed British actor John Rhys-Davies as chief storyteller and guide.  Norman Stone, who also wrote and produced the films “A Different Drummer” and “Shadowlands”, will be onsite for conversation and comment.

Norman Stone
Norman Stone began his professional career in television as the youngest producer/director at the BBC in 1975. Norman wrote and produced the highly acclaimed film “A Different Drummer” about the blind and deaf Cornish poet Jack Clemo in 1980. Four years later, his career was established with the international success of “Shadowlands”, a gripping film drama on the love and grief of C.S. Lewis.

Since then, Norman has directed and produced award-winning dramas, comedies, short films, documentaries and sci-fi thrillers. Much of 2010 was taken up with producing and directing a 90-minute drama documentary on the King James Bible in time for its 400th anniversary. This entertaining and informative film, “KJB – The Book that Changed the World”, is about to hit the market in the next few months and stars John Rhys-Davies as chief storyteller and guide.

Sunday morning, July 10
11:00 am

Sunday morning service at Calvary- St. George’s with a homily on “God’s Living Word” delivered by N.T. Wright. 

N.T. Wright
Professor N. T. Wright is Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. Previously, he was Bishop of Durham, and before that, Canon Theologian of Westminster Abbey. Earlier he taught New Testament Studies for twenty years at Oxford, Cambridge and McGill Universities, and has been visiting professor at many places, including the Harvard Divinity School, the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the Gregorian University in Rome. Tom Wright is the author of more than 50 books, including the major academic series Christian Origins and the Question of God and the popular series of Everyone commentaries. He has broadcast frequently on radio and television, and lectured and preached in various parts of the world.