[PDF.93vl] Begat: The King James Bible and the English Language

Begat: The King James Bible and the English Language

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 | #1320971 in Books |  imusti |  2011-09-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  5.30 x.60 x8.40l,.80 | File type: PDF | 320 pages

 | Oxford University Press USA

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||20 of 21 people found the following review helpful.| What a disappointment!!|By Customer|I have read several books by David Crystal and have enjoyed them all. So I was looking forward to this one. What a disappointment!! It looks like he made a list of sentences and phrases from the KJB and had some grad student do a bunch of Google searches on them. Most of the book has no analysis or insights at all, just a list of websites,|From Publishers Weekly|Next year marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Version of the Bible. Begat joins the volumes that draw attention to the unparalleled influence of the KJV on English language and literature. Crystal, an honorary

"Let there be light," "A fly in the ointment," "New wine in old bottles," "How are the mighty fallen," "The salt of the earth." All these everyday phrases owe their popularity to the King James Bible. Indeed, it is said that this astonishing Bible has contributed more to the color and grace of the English language than almost any other literary source.

In Begat, best-selling language expert David Crystal offers a stimulating tour of the verbal richness a...

You easily download any file type for your device.Begat: The King James Bible and the English Language   |  David Crystal. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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