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Title: Excellent history!
Review: I very much appreciated Bobrick's detailed account of the evolution of the English language bible. Its a tragedy more Americans don't understand the origin of THEIR bible. I beg to differ with Mr. Bobrick's conclusion that the English language bible is the basis for American traditions found in the Bill of Rights. I feel he over looks the fact that German Americans are the largest ethnic group in the country (if not a significant minority at the time of the revoluiton) and that the Reformation began as a grass roots rebellion in Germany. I would argue the basis of American institutions of freeedom have more to do with the traditions of German protestant settlers than the King James verion of the bible. Other wise, I find the book to be an excellent historical study.
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