Written by David Norton (Cambridge University Press, 2011). Norton chronicles the history of the translation of the King James Bible.

Edited by Hannibal Hamlin and Norman Jones (Cambridge University Press, 2011). The King James Bible After 400 Years is a compilation of essays examining the writing and history of the King James Bible from a variety of different academic perspectives.

Written by David Teems (Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2010). Teems tells the story of King James I, the namesake of the KJV.

Written by Gordon Campbell (Oxford University Press, 2010). Campbell, a Renaissance literature expert, traces the textual history of the KJV from 1611 to the present day.

Written by David Crystal (Oxford University Press, 2010). Crystal, a linguist, writes about the influence of the KJV on the evolution of the English language.

Written by Donald L. Brake and Shelly Beach (Baker Books, 2011). Brake, a Bible collector, and Beach explain the history of the KJV through pictures and other visuals.

Tremper Longman III is the Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, Calif. He has been active in Bible translation and is a member of the committee that produced the New Living Translation.

Lori Anne Ferrell is a professor of early modern history and literature at Claremont Graduate University in California. She wrote The Bible and the People.

Robert Alter is the Class of 1937 Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught for more than 30 years. He has translated books of the Bible and written extensively on the literary aspects of the Bible, most recently Pen of Iron: American Prose and the King James Bible.