Review of THE TREASURE OF GOD’S WORD: Celebrating 400 years of the King James Bible

This book is the kind of book you receive as a gift, let it lie around collecting dust for a few years (because it was a gift), and when you think Aunt Hilda won't remember that she gave it to you, you slip it into the yard-sale pile. This book is beautifully bound with gilt-edges, and it would look beautiful on any coffee table or bookshelf. If you're looking for a decorative book for people to casually thumb through at your coffee table, this is your book. But if you're looking for a book to read about the development of the King James Version, don't waste your $17. The actual information contained in this book pertaining to the KJV could be printed as a magazine article. What information is there is encyclopedic knowledge, not in-depth research. To space out the articles enough to create a book, the publishers inserted Scripture passages from the KJV, arranged by topic. I suppose if you're looking for a topical reading plan for your devotions, this book could also be useful that way.

Sadly, not much time was put into "treasuring God's Word" when this book was compiled. It's inspirational, beautifully bound, but not worth $17 (unless you're Aunt Hilda looking for a gift!).

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