1679 King James Holy Bible Second Oxford Edition

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1679 King James Holy Bible 2nd Oxford Edition

PRESENTING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION- EXQUISITE  GENUINE 345 YEAR OLD *KING JAMES BIBLE* PRINTED BY OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS AT THE SHELDONIAN THEATRE  IN OXFORD. Small quarto 8.5 x 6.5 x 2.75 inches. Herbert #745. INCLUDING 1.) THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. 2.) THE OLD TESTAMENT WITH THE APOCRYPHA. 3.) THE NEW TESTAMENT. 4.) THE WHOLE BOOK OF PSALMS COLLECTED INTO ENGLISH METER. Pages are in very good condition throughout with some scattered foxing/browinging in places.

This is perhaps the earliest edition of the English Bible which has dates added in the margins based upon the famous work Annales Veteris et Novi Testamenti (1650-4), [see inset above] by James Ussher (1581- 1656), Archbishop of Armagh. Ussher dated the creation as year 1 counting time forward systematically using Biblical chronology and genealogy. He dated Job 2400, the Nativity 4000, and the exile of John to Patmos Island in year 4093. Biblical Historians generally agree that this took place in 90 A.D. It has been about 1900 years since this event and when added to the 4093 years that led up to this event= approx. 6,020 years have passed to today showing the true age of the EARTH. In 1680, Oxford University Press printed their first folio edition of the King James Bible which included an index to accompany these marginal dates.

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A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF A LATE ENGLISH RESTORATION PERIOD KING JAMES BIBLE AND A HISTORIC EXAMPLE WITH TONS OF SHELF APPEAL THAT WILL SURELY DELIGHT BOTH THE SENSES AND THE SOUL !