lancelot andrewes is much more influential than most of us know: as the chairman of the old testament group for the translation of the bible authorized by king james i of england, it is he who almost certainly is responsible for the creation stories in genesis with which we are all so familiar.
i am celebrating his day by reading a wonderful book about genesis as i
struggle with the story of cain and abel for my slow work on my blog the ring of the lord. there is a lot to chew on in the first brother story. it encourages me that leon r. cass work on the beginning of wisdom: reading genesis for 25 years. perhaps i can be excused a little slowness in my work.
it all makes the mere seven years that it took the translators of the authorized version the more impressive.
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