Just in time for the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, Lionsgate is set to release a docudrama that portrays the story of one of the most venerated books in history.
“KJB: The Book That Changed the World,” hosted by award-winning actor John Rhys-Davies (The Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade), walks viewers through history, explaining the origin, significance and impact of the King James translation.
“Its imagery, its language and its influence has been felt around the world for the past 400 years, it also claims to be the living Word of God,” Rhys-Davies says.
The host recounts how the King James translation was birthed, beginning with the ascension of James I to the English throne in 1603, in short dramatizations of the events surrounding the Bible’s creation.
He succeeded the throne at a time when the country was “at the center of a theological revolution.”
A new Bible was proposed and affirmed during a conference with the English Puritans at the Hampton Court Palace, where a new Bible translation wasn’t even on the agenda. The meeting was originally convened by King James in response to a series of requests for reform within the church by the Puritans, who differed with the Anglicans.
But it was there that John Rainolds, a Puritan, proposed a new translation.
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