Oldest King James Bible Draft Found at University of Cambridge
Jeffrey Miller, an assistant professor of English at Montclair State University in New Jersey, claimed that he has found the oldest King James bible draft while doing research on Ward for an essay he’s writing. He said that he found the oldest known draft of the Christian text, written in messy script, in an obscure archive at the University of Cambridge.
The manuscript was hidden among the papers of Samuel Ward, one of the men commissioned by King James I to translate a new version of the Christian text into English in the early 17th century.
See photos of the draft below.
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— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 15, 2015
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— Britannica (@Britannica) October 16, 2015