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Begat [electronic resource]

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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

Title Begat [electronic resource] : the King James Bible and the English language / David Crystal.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Oxford
New York : Oxford University Press
Creation Date 2010
Notes Includes indexes.
English
Content 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
Extent 1 online resource (336 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010706268405171
MARC RECORDS
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