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FOR LOVE OF THE BIBLE: The Battle for the King James Bible and the Received Text from 1800 to Present
By David W. Cloud
Copyright 1995

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CONTENTS 

INTRODUCTION: THE "CULT" OF "KING JAMES ONLYISM"?

CHAPTER ONE: THE MAJOR POINTS OF KING JAMES BIBLE DEFENSE

FACT #1: THE MODERN TEXT FLOWS FROM A STREAM OF APOSTASY.

The men who developed the theories of textual criticism
The manuscripts preferred by textual critics
Westcott/Hort and other members of the ERV committee
The Westcott-Hort textual theory
The American Standard Version of 1901
The Revised Standard Version of 1952
The United Bible Societies Greek New Testament

FACT #2: THE MANUSCRIPTS PREFERRED BY MODERN TRANSLATORS REPRESENT A REJECTED TEXT.

FACT #3: THE DOCTRINES OF INSPIRATION AND PRESERVATION PROMISE A DEPENDABLE BIBLE.

FACT #4: THE TR IS FULLER, MORE THEOLOGICALLY CONSERVATIVE THAN THE CRITICAL TEXT.

FACT #5: THE REJECTION OF THE RECEIVED TEXT AND THE KJV HAS RESULTED IN A MULTIPLICITY OF MODERN TEXTS AND VERSIONS WHICH HAVE ERODED THE AUTHORITY OF GOD’S WORD.

FACT #6: TO REJECT THE RECEIVED TEXT AND THE KJV IS TO REJECT THE OLD PATHS.

CHAPTER TWO: THE BATTLE AGAINST THE PRE-WESTCOTT-HORT CRITICAL TEXTS

Textual critics seek to overthrow the TR
Men who stood against the critical texts

CHAPTER THREE: THE BATTLE AGAINST WESTCOTT-HORT AND THE ENGLISH REVISED VERSION

The theological climate of the nineteenth century
Proposals for revision
The duplicity of the revision: How a gentle revision became a radical replacement
The secretive Greek text of Westcott and Hort
Many of the revisers were unhappy with their own work
The Revision project itself was secretive
Upon what authority was the Revision made?
The Revision was widely opposed
Key voices raised in opposition to the Revision
Burgon’s stand against Darwinism, Modernism, Romanism
The textual critics’ caricatures of Burgon
Burgon’s position on Bible texts and versions

CHAPTER FOUR: THE BATTLE AGAINST THE REVISED STANDARD VERSION

"King James Onlyism" is not a man-made delusion but is zeal for God’s Word
The corrupting tide of New Evangelicalism
Other men who stood for the AV prior to 1970
God’s "Common" Men

CHAPTER FIVE: THE BATTLE AGAINST THE NIV AND THE INCREDIBLE MULTIPLICITY OF VERSIONS

Churches and Church Schools
Bible Colleges and Schools
Organizations and Individuals

INDEX

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY