It’s rare when I find myself opposed to something the religious right is opposed to, but that’s the case with Pocket Canons. They’re basically pocket-sized books, each containing one of the more popular books of the bible. Each has a trendy design with an introduction by someone famous. I guess the religous right is pissed that the presentation is sacrilegious. I’m pissed that they chose the King James translation. The King James is neither the most accessible, the most historically accurate, the most widely used, or the most beautiful of the available English translations. I assume it’s among the least expensive: the translation being hundreds of years old I assume no one owns a copyright on it.
This is not a religious issue with me; the book is just as much a piece of literature and history as it is religion and spirituality.
This reminds me to put the most beautiful translation on my wish list.