As the King James Bible turns 400 this year, it is perhaps more revered than read. That’s a shame, argue three new books, which contend that its cultural influence and literary merit are ...

King James now saw himself as the greatest protection ... daylights out of the Devil and writing a handy ‘how to spot Satan’ book, called the Daemonologie. The witch-hunts and the executions ...

Satan sought to undermine human society ... Witchcraft attracted scholarly interest in the 16th century, and the king’s book reflects how James saw himself as an intellectual.