---
title: 'The Old Version and the New'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Philip Schaff'
date: 1881-05-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Bible and Canon'
- 'Reformation History'
scriptures:
- 'Genesis 29'
- 'Galatians 4'
- 'Psalms 105'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/schaff-1881-the-old-version-and-the-new
---

# The Old Version and the New

Essay tracing the origin and impact of the King James Bible: the 1611 translation commission, its strengths and philological flaws, and the 19th-century revision effort.

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