First Westminster Company for the King James Bible

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The First Westminster Company for the King James Bible was one of the original translation committees appointed by King James I to render portions of the Old Testament into English for the 1611 Authorized Version.

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instanceOf Bible translation committee
King James Bible translation company
appointedBy James I of England NERFINISHED
basedAt Westminster Abbey NERFINISHED
basedIn Westminster NERFINISHED
commissionedAt Hampton Court Conference NERFINISHED
contributedTo 1611 Authorized Version of the Bible NERFINISHED
coordinateWith Cambridge translation companies
Oxford translation companies
Second Westminster Company for the King James Bible NERFINISHED
country Kingdom of England
follows translation rules approved at the Hampton Court Conference
historicalSignificance helped standardize early modern English biblical language
inception 1604
languageOfWorkOrName English
locatedInTime Jacobean era NERFINISHED
memberCount about 10 scholars
notableMember Francis Burleigh NERFINISHED
Geoffrey King NERFINISHED
Hadrian à Saravia NERFINISHED
John Layfield NERFINISHED
John Overall NERFINISHED
John Richardson NERFINISHED
Lancelot Andrewes NERFINISHED
Richard Clarke NERFINISHED
Thomas Sanderson NERFINISHED
partOf King James Bible translation project NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Anglicanism
supervisingInstitution Church of England NERFINISHED
task preparation of text for the 1611 Authorized Version
translation of parts of the Old Testament into English
translatedPortionOfBible Pentateuch NERFINISHED
historical books of the Old Testament
translatedSection Deuteronomy NERFINISHED
Exodus NERFINISHED
Genesis NERFINISHED
Leviticus NERFINISHED
Numbers NERFINISHED
translatedWork King James Version of the Bible NERFINISHED
usesSourceText Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED
Latin Vulgate (for comparison) NERFINISHED
Masoretic Text NERFINISHED
Septuagint (for comparison) NERFINISHED
workPeriod early 17th century

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Lancelot Andrewes memberOf First Westminster Company for the King James Bible