John Stevens Kerr

I was pleasantly surprised by the book Ancient Texts Alive Today: The Story of the English Bible by John Stevens Kerr. I've read other books on the history of English Bible translations, but this one went into some details I wasn't aware of. One of my criteria for rating a book is based on how many notes I took. Much of the information that I felt was noteworthy I'd already seen in other books, so this was more double-checking my existing notes, but it was all worth reading. I felt the book was informative and accurate.

Ancient Texts Alive Today would be a good choice for someone who has a casual interest in learning about the history of English Bible translations. The author does a good job of selecting information that's relevant and interesting, without getting bogged down in minutia. The book presents enough of the political and religious attitudes of the time period to put the Bible translations in context.

Oddly, the author's name isn't on the cover, but it is on the title page. It's published by American Bible Society, and two other books I have published by ABS don't that the author's name on the cover.… (mehr)