Zoomed In

The preface to God’s Secretaries: The Making of King James Bible magnifies the piece of writing. It brings high expectations, which is what a preface can be used for, to persuade the reader into the writing. It says of the work as, “The translation these men made together can lay claim to be the greatest work in prose ever written in English.” (God’s Secretaries: The Making of King James Bible, xi), which is an immense assumption to make about any work of writing.

The perception I get is more knowledge, they mentioned examples and authors I was clueless about, translations and writings I hope to learn. I want to be able to understand who are the authors, what they write, and so make my own opinion. This preface is introductory to a high literacy.

According to the preface the writing will be in context to the era, but still different from other pieces written at the time. It says it wasn’t of “self-promotion”. Mentions, how complex it was to take the piece of writing to that level, the arguments, discussions, and the period in context. Most of all it seems political and religious, different from what we have read until now.