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FROM: "Shirley Gidley" <shirleygidley@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 4/15/02, 7:23 PM

Need help identifying the title of this historical novel(?) Customer says
the title is somthing like "Parting the River" or "Over the Bright Water".
Has to do with translating the Bible--King James version. She believes it
is a recent publication. Any help would be appreciated. I've played around
on amazon and Novelist, to no avail.

Shirley Gidley
Tulsa City-County Library

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FROM: "Deborah T. Walsh" <dwalsh@geneva.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 4/15/02, 7:43 PM

you said:

>>>Has to do with translating the Bible--King James version.

Although the title doesn't really fit your patron's recollection, the
Gilbert Morris series that begins with The Sword of Truth (Wakefield
Dynasty 1) has a subplot involving William Tyndale, who was
instrumental in the creation of the English-language bible, the
forerunner of the King James version. I'm at home and can't check our
database easily, but I'd guess it was published in the mid 1990's.


Deborah T. Walsh
Geneva Public Library District
127 James Street
Geneva, IL 60134
dwalsh@geneva.lib.il.us

FROM: "Laura McCaffery" <lmccaffery@acpl.lib.in.us>
REC'D: 4/15/02, 7:54 PM

Could it ne Everlasting flame by Linda Chaikin? That was about Tyndalea and his Bible translation.

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>>> dwalsh@geneva.lib.il.us 04/15/02 07:33PM >>>
you said:

>>>Has to do with translating the Bible--King James version.

Although the title doesn't really fit your patron's recollection, the
Gilbert Morris series that begins with The Sword of Truth (Wakefield
Dynasty 1) has a subplot involving William Tyndale, who was
instrumental in the creation of the English-language bible, the
forerunner of the King James version. I'm at home and can't check our
database easily, but I'd guess it was published in the mid 1990's.


Deborah T. Walsh
Geneva Public Library District
127 James Street
Geneva, IL 60134
dwalsh@geneva.lib.il.us

FROM: "Dillie, Thomas" <TDillie@mailserv.gcpl.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 4/15/02, 7:54 PM

Shirley,
I think what your patron has ahold of here is Wide as the Waters:
The Story of the English Bible and the Revolution It Inspired by Benson
Bobrick, Simon and Schuster, 2001. It's not a novel of course, but it
received a fair amount of review attention and publicity last year in
conjunction with another similar book--In the Beginning: The Story of the
King James Bible, and How It Changed a Nation, a Language, and a Culture by
Alistair McGrath, Doubleday, 2001.

Tom Dillie
Head Librarian
Cedarville Community Library
Greene County Public Library
P.O. Box 26
76 N. Main St.
Cedarville, OH 45314

"'Under consideration' means we've lost the file. 'Under active
consideration' means we're trying to find it."

-----Original Message-----
From: Shirley Gidley [mailto:shirleygidley@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 8:15 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Stumper: King James Version


Need help identifying the title of this historical novel(?) Customer says
the title is somthing like "Parting the River" or "Over the Bright Water".
Has to do with translating the Bible--King James version. She believes it
is a recent publication. Any help would be appreciated. I've played around
on amazon and Novelist, to no avail.

Shirley Gidley
Tulsa City-County Library

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FROM: "Shirley Gidley" <shirleygidley@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 4/19/02, 4:45 PM

Thanks to several of you for your suggestions. The title my customer had in
mind was Wide as the Waters, which Tom Dillie came up with. Thanks so much!

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