An Authorized Milestone

by Dec 13, 2018Books, KJV

I’ve just achieved a milestone with Amazon reviews of Authorized: The Use and Misuse of the King James Bible. I now have every important kind of review there is. I have five-star reviews, I have one-star reviews, and I have just gotten the coveted “my book showed up as promised” review. It usually takes a while before that happens. I, like my book at that man’s house, have arrived.

I have reached a couple less important milestones, too: I have literally been cursed with an imprecation (see below); I have been docked stars for not being Mormon; and I have relieved readers when they discover that Authorized is short.

If you still haven’t read Authorized: The Use and Misuse of the King James Bible, may I remind you—it is short?

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