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Tyndale: The Man Who Gave God an English Voice
It was an outlawed book, a text so dangerous "it could only be countered by the most vicious burnings, of books and men and women." But what book could incite such violence and bloodshed? The year is 1526. It is the age of Henry VIII and his tragic Anne Boleyn, of Martin Luther and Thomas More. The times are treacherous. The Catholic Church controls almost every aspect of English life, including access to the very Word of God. And the church will do anything to keep it that way. Enter William Tyndale, the gifted, courageous "heretic" who dared translate the Word of God into English. He worked in secret, in exile, in peril, always on the move. Neither England nor the English language would ever be the same again. With thoughtful clarity and a reverence that comes through in every word, David Teems shares a story of intrigue and atrocity, betrayal and perseverance. This is how the Reformation officially reached English shores-and what it cost the men who brought it there. Praise for David Teems' previous work Majestie "Teems . . . pulls together the story of this enigmatic king [ James] with humor and pathos . . . [A] delightful read in every way." -PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
David Teems (Author), Simon Vance (Narrator)
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Majestie: The King Behind the King James Bible
In the Beginning, James. Orphaned, bullied, lonely, and unloved as a boy, in time the young King of Scots overcame his troubled beginnings to ascend the English throne at the height of EnglandÆs Golden Age. In an effort to pacify rising tensions in the Anglican Church, and to reflect the majesty of his new reign, he spearheaded the most important literary undertaking in Western historyùthe translation of the Bible into a beautiful, lyrical, and accessible English.David TeemsÆs narrative crackles with wit, using a thoroughly modern tongue to reanimate the life of this seventeenth century kingùa man at the intersection of political, literary, and religious thought, yet a man of contrasts, dubbed by one French king as ôthe wisest fool in Christendom.öWarm, insightful, even at times amusing, TeemsÆs depiction of King James has all the elements of a grand taleùconspiracy, kidnapping, witchcraft, murder, love, despair, loss. Majestie offers an engaging new look at the worldÆs most cherished, revered, and influential translation of Sacred Writ and the king behind it. ôEngrossing and entertainingàa delightful read in every way.ö û Publishers WeeklyIn the Beginning, James. Orphaned, bullied, lonely, and unloved as a boy, in time the young King of Scots overcame his troubled beginnings to ascend the English throne at the height of EnglandÆs Golden Age. In an effort to pacify rising tensions in the Anglican Church, and to reflect the majesty of his new reign, he spearheaded the most important literary undertaking in Western historyùthe translation of the Bible into a beautiful, lyrical, and accessible English.David TeemsÆs narrative crackles with wit, using a thoroughly modern tongue to reanimate the life of this seventeenth century kingùa man at the intersection of political, literary, and religious thought, yet a man of contrasts, dubbed by one French king as ôthe wisest fool in Christendom.öWarm, insightful, even at times amusing, TeemsÆs depiction of King James has all the elements of a grand taleùconspiracy, kidnapping, witchcraft, murder, love, despair, loss. Majestie offers an engaging new look at the worldÆs most cherished, revered, and influential translation of Sacred Writ and the king behind it. ôEngrossing and entertainingàa delightful read in every way.ö û Publishers Weekly
David Teems (Author), Bob Souer (Narrator)
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Tyndale: The Man Who Gave God an English Voice
A beautiful literary tribute to William Tyndale, the poet-martyr-expatriate-outlaw-translator who gave us our English Bible. The English Bible was born in defiance, in exile, in flight, and in a form of exodus, the very elements that empowered William Tyndale to bring the English scripture to the common citizen. Being 'a stranger in a strange land,' the very homesickness he struggled with gave life to the words of Jesus, Paul, and to the wandering Moses. Tyndale's efforts ultimately cost him his life, but his contribution to English spirituality is measureless. Even five centuries after his death at the stake, Tyndale's presence looms wherever English is spoken. His single-word innovations, such as 'Passover,' 'beautiful,' and 'atonement,' allowed the common man to more fully understand God's blessings and promises. His natural lyricism shines in phrases like 'Let not your hearts be troubled,' and 'for Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory.' Every time we say the Lord's Prayer as it is written in the King James Bible, use the word 'love' as it is written in 1'Corinthians'13, or bless others with 'The Lord bless thee and keep thee, the Lord make his face to shine upon thee,' we are reminded of the rich bounty Tyndale has given us. Although Tyndale has been somewhat elusive to his biographers, Teems brings wit and wisdom to the story of the man known as the 'architect of the English language,' the English Paul who defied a kingdom and a tyrannical church to introduce God to the plowboy. Praise for Majestie: The King behind the King James Bible: 'Engrossing and entertaining'A delightful read in every way.''Publishers Weekly
David Teems (Author), Simon Vance, Simon Vance (Narrator)
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Majestie: The King Behind the King James Bible
A biography of James Stuart is a study in paradox, one that entertains as much as it informs. James I waddles through history, sidewise and crablike. Intellectually astute, he can dazzle and charm with the polish of his rhetoric one minute, and speak with the vulgarity of a tavern bawd the next. James is an amusing mix of bombast and majesty, of sparkle and grime, of smut and brilliance, of visionary headship and foolishness. And only he, this all-too-human king, our flawed James, could have given us the great book he did. Early in his reign, James fashioned himself as the u201cnew Solomon,u201d the pacifist prince entering the u201cthe land of promise,u201d that is, the England inherited from his cousin Elizabeth. But the milk and honey he expected was a mirage. Still, in many respects he flirts with greatness. He is the first king of a united, or u201cGreat Britain.u201d For all his foibles, all his bungling, James possesses an evolved sense of majesty, a type of faith in majesty itself, and wants nothing more than for his new Bible to reflect this majesty, to gild and elevate the reign, to be the great medicine that might heal the realm. ***Please contact Member Services for additional documents***
David Teems (Author), Bob Souer (Narrator)
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