Begat : the King James Bible and the English language / David Crystal.
2010
220.5203 C957b 2010
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Title
Begat : the King James Bible and the English language / David Crystal.
Author
ISBN
9780199585854 (hbk.)
0199585857 (hbk.)
0199585857 (hbk.)
Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Language
English
Description
vii, 327 p. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
220.5203 C957b 2010
System Control No.
(OCoLC)567008025
(OCoLC)567008025
(OCoLC)567008025
Summary
How can a work published in 1611 have had such a lasting influence on the language? To answer this question, Crystal offers fascinating discussions of phrases such as "The skin of one's teeth" or "Out of the mouth of babes," tracing how these memorable lines have found independent life in the work of poets, playwrights, novelists, politicians, and journalists, and how more recently they have been taken up with enthusiasm by advertisers, Hollywood, and hip-hop. --from publisher description.
Note
Includes indexes.
Formatted Contents Note
In the beginning
Let there be light
Be fruitful and multiply
My brother's keeper
Two by two
A coat of many colours
Fire and brimstone
Begat
Thou shalt not
Manna, milk, and honey
Eyes, teeth, and loins
What hath been wrought
Bread alone
How are the mighty fallen!
The skin of one's teeth
Out of the mouths of babes
Pride goes before a fall
Nothing new under the sun
Fly in the ointment
No peace for the wicked
Be horribly afraid
Seeing the light
Eyes, ears, cheeks
Speaking, shouting, wailing, writing
Shaking, turning, moving
Many and few, first and last
Fights, foes, fools, friends
Praising famous men
Sheep, goats, swine
Money, wages, pearls, mites
Blessed are the servants
Heal thyself
Times and seasons
Birth, life, and death
Countries, kingdoms, Armageddon
Building houses, mansions, sepulchres
Millstones, crosses, yokes, pricks
Sowing seeds
Salt and wine
The law, judges, thieves, swords
Love and charity
Peace, patience, wrath, whore
Appendixes. Expressions discussed in this book ; Number of references made to Old and New Testamant sources.
Let there be light
Be fruitful and multiply
My brother's keeper
Two by two
A coat of many colours
Fire and brimstone
Begat
Thou shalt not
Manna, milk, and honey
Eyes, teeth, and loins
What hath been wrought
Bread alone
How are the mighty fallen!
The skin of one's teeth
Out of the mouths of babes
Pride goes before a fall
Nothing new under the sun
Fly in the ointment
No peace for the wicked
Be horribly afraid
Seeing the light
Eyes, ears, cheeks
Speaking, shouting, wailing, writing
Shaking, turning, moving
Many and few, first and last
Fights, foes, fools, friends
Praising famous men
Sheep, goats, swine
Money, wages, pearls, mites
Blessed are the servants
Heal thyself
Times and seasons
Birth, life, and death
Countries, kingdoms, Armageddon
Building houses, mansions, sepulchres
Millstones, crosses, yokes, pricks
Sowing seeds
Salt and wine
The law, judges, thieves, swords
Love and charity
Peace, patience, wrath, whore
Appendixes. Expressions discussed in this book ; Number of references made to Old and New Testamant sources.
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