On Monday 26th January Libby Lane was consecrated as the first female bishop in the Church of England in a packed service at York Minster.
Kevin Mayhew is pleased and proud to announce that the Bible she was given at this groundbreaking ceremony was a boxed presentation edition of Nicholas King's Study Bible.
Nicholas King's prestigious translation has quite rightly received many plaudits since its publication and this presentation to Libby Lane confirms its leading place among the finest Bible translations available to scholars today.
Nicholas King, who has taught New Testament at Oxford University, is frequently in demand all over the world to lecture on biblical subjects. He is the first person for over 70 years to translate the Bible on his own, without the aid of a committee. His translation, first published by Kevin Mayhew in 2013, is from the Greek, complete with grammatical inaccuracies and idiomatic peculiarities. The result is a vibrant translation which is exceptionally stimulating and sometimes startling. It shakes off the dust which often settles on passages that have become tired from overfamiliarity or frequent quotation, allowing the text to come to life in new and unexpected ways.
Church leaders, scholars and readers of every denomination have greeted this unique study Bible with delight.