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Introduction

This page is intended to provide a more detailed background and description for the one module for which the OSIS XML source text is maintained by CrossWire volunteers. All other modules are based on source text from external providers.

The KJV module was one of the earliest to be released and distributed by CrossWire after The SWORD Project was launched. It remains one of the most frequently downloaded modules in all our repositories.

Text Provenance and Acknowledgments

Reference Text

Need for a reference text

The CrossWire KJV is meant to be the faithful e-text edition^[1] of the 1769 KJV^[2]. To that end it needs to be diligently checked against a reference standard for accuracy.

Briefly describe:

• the confusion regarding the text of the KJV.
• how the 1769 KJV in relation to other editions.
• the variations found in modern KJV.
• the KJV-only movement.

When Project KJV2006 was started, there was no authoritative edition of Benjamin Blayney's 1769 Oxford edition of the KJV. All the modern versions available differed substantially.

Notes:

1. ↑ With added features suited to the digital age we live in.
2. ↑ Excluding the Apocrypha.

Chosen Text

The Old Scofield Study Bible was used for version 2.3 to 2.10 and was chosen for the following reasons:

Copyright

The following probably belongs in Provenance at least in part.

The CrossWire's KJV module is an amalgamation of different source material. Each has its own copyright or is in the public domain.

• The actual text validated against 2 independent eTexts and found differences against our hard-copy reference for such. See discussion below.
• The "Red Letter" markup of the words of Christ have been validated against our hard-copy reference for such.
• The Strong's numbers in the NT are from Maurice Robinson. ... Give his info here.
• The Strong's numbers in the OT are from... (this is discussed in the conf).
• The tagging of Strong's numbers to the NT text is a unique effort of The CrossWire Bible Society KJV2003 effort. It is copyright CrossWire, 2003-2016.
• The OSIS markup is a unique effort of The CrossWire Bible Society, starting with the KJV2003 effort. It is copyright CrossWire, 2003-2016.

Crown copyright, Letters Patent and the KJV

In the United Kingdom, the text of the Authorized King James Version of the Bible is protected by royal prerogative. "There is a small class of materials where the Crown claims the right to control reproduction outside normal copyright law due to Letters Patent issued under the royal prerogative. This material includes the King James Bible, and the Book of Common Prayer." See Crown copyright.

In most of the world, the Authorized Version has passed out of copyright and is freely reproduced. In the United Kingdom, the British Crown restricts production of the Authorized Version per transitional exemptions from the Copyright Act 1775 (which implemented this clause) in the Copyright, Designs and patents Act 1988 (Schedule I, section 13(1)), which expire in 2039. Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, HarperCollins and the Queen's Printers have the right to produce the Authorized Version. See King James Bible.

History

While the KJV was a module at CrossWire prior to version 2.0, this is the earliest for which dates can be determined. Dates prior to version 2.3 are best estimates.

See also

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