“The Bible and the Bibles: The King James Version and Bibles of the German Religious Groups in Pennsylvania”

Jeff Bach, director of the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies talks about “The Bible and the Bibles: The King James Version and Bibles of the German Religious Groups in Pennsylvania,” how the German religious groups that came to colonial Pennsylvania favored various German versions while the King James Version prevailed among English speakers. The lecture explores the circumstances of the variety of German Bibles in contrast to the authorized English version.