Begat : the King James Bible and the English language / David Crystal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crystal, David, 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Terms and phrases--History.

English language.

Bible--Language, style.

Bible.

Bible--English--Versions--Authorized.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What do the following have in common?Let there be light - A fly in the ointment - A rod of iron - New wine in old bottlesLick the dust - How are the mighty fallen - Kick against the pricks - Wheels within wheelsThey are all in the King James Bible. This astonishing book ""has contributed far more to English in the way of idiomatic or quasi-proverbial expressions than any other literary source."" So wrote David Crystal in 2004. In Begat he returns to the subject not only to consider how a work published in 1611 could have had such influence on the language, but how it can still do so when few r

Contents:

Contents; Prologue 1; Prologue 2; Interlude; Epilogue; Appendixes; 1 Expressions discussed in this book; 2 Number of references made to Old and New Testament sources; Index of expressions; Index of Bible translations; Index of Books of the Bible; General index

Notes:

Includes indexes.

ISBN:

0-19-161299-5

1-283-29672-1

9786613296726

0-19-161147-6

OCLC:

756484818