Naomi Tadmor is a Professor in the Department of History at Lancaster University.

'… as Naomi Tadmor brilliantly shows in The Social Universe of the English Bible, [the translators] domesticated the Old Testament, turning the alien landscape of the Hebrew into the reassuringly familiar landscape of early modern England … its implications are profound … it is Tadmor who makes the strongest case for the long-term effect [of the King James Bible] on our language and cultural assumptions.' Arnold Hunt, The Times Literary Supplement

• Introduction; 1. Friends and neighbours in early modern England: biblical translations and social norms; 2. Women and wives: the language of marriage in early modern English biblical translations; 3. Slaves and servants: a Bible for freeborn Englishmen; 4. Prince, captain, lord, duke, and eunuch: the making of the English biblical polity; Conclusion; Select bibliography.

Naomi Tadmor is a Professor in the Department of History at Lancaster University.

'… as Naomi Tadmor brilliantly shows in The Social Universe of the English Bible, [the translators] domesticated the Old Testament, turning the alien landscape of the Hebrew into the reassuringly familiar landscape of early modern England … its implications are profound … it is Tadmor who makes the strongest case for the long-term effect [of the King James Bible] on our language and cultural assumptions.' Arnold Hunt, The Times Literary Supplement

• Introduction; 1. Friends and neighbours in early modern England: biblical translations and social norms; 2. Women and wives: the language of marriage in early modern English biblical translations; 3. Slaves and servants: a Bible for freeborn Englishmen; 4. Prince, captain, lord, duke, and eunuch: the making of the English biblical polity; Conclusion; Select bibliography.

Naomi Tadmor is a Professor in the Department of History at Lancaster University.

'… as Naomi Tadmor brilliantly shows in The Social Universe of the English Bible, [the translators] domesticated the Old Testament, turning the alien landscape of the Hebrew into the reassuringly familiar landscape of early modern England … its implications are profound … it is Tadmor who makes the strongest case for the long-term effect [of the King James Bible] on our language and cultural assumptions.' Arnold Hunt, The Times Literary Supplement

• Introduction; 1. Friends and neighbours in early modern England: biblical translations and social norms; 2. Women and wives: the language of marriage in early modern English biblical translations; 3. Slaves and servants: a Bible for freeborn Englishmen; 4. Prince, captain, lord, duke, and eunuch: the making of the English biblical polity; Conclusion; Select bibliography.