A lot of these were song titles before they made it into the Bible: Stevie Wonder, Dolly Parton, George Harrison, even the Rolling Stones, and most of all this fella:
Posted on 11/20/2011 6:30:16 PM PST by Jim Robinson
The King James Version of the Bible has been enormously influential in the development of the English language. It ranks with the complete works of Shakespeare and the Oxford English Dictionary as one of the cornerstones of the recorded language. After Shakespeare, the King James, or Authorized, Version of the Bible is the most common source of phrases in English. The King James in question was James I of England and James VI of Scotland. He didn't write the text of course, he merely authorized it, hence the name that the book is best known in the UK (King James Version, or KJV, being more commonly used in the USA).
The King James Version was translated by 47 biblical scholars, working in six committees. It was first printed in 1611 and was by no means the earliest English translation of the Bible. It was pre-dated by several other partial or complete translations, notably John Wyclif's translation in 1382 and William Tyndale's in 1528 - the latter forming the basis of a large proportion of the KJV.
What raises that version above other versions of the Bible in terms of its linguistic impact is the fact that the language used has persisted into the present-day. Many of the phrases includeded are still commonplace. Here are some of the many phrases that originated in the Bible (most, but not all from the King James Version):
A list of 122 everyday phrases that have a biblical origin:
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
A broken heart
A cross to bear
A fly in the ointment
A graven image
A labour of love
A law unto themselves
A man after his own heart
A multitude of sins
A nest of vipers
A peace offering
A sign of the times
(Excerpt) Read more at phrases.org.uk ...
For book titles try “East of Eden” and “Lord of the Flies”. Maybe that will prime the pump. :)
Bible/English language info
Thanks!
s, ping
If you’re going down that road, then you musn’t forget to mention that the Bible starts out with a reference to baseball! “In the Big Inning!”
Shouldn’t be hard. The Obama admin and dem party is infested with them.
What’s an ‘A man after his own heart’?
The question as always is how much of it was a direct translation from Greek and Hebrew, and how much were English interpretations and idioms of the time?
The Violent Bare It Away by Flannery O’Connor
Absalom, Absalom by William Faulkner
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
A lot of these were song titles before they made it into the Bible: Stevie Wonder, Dolly Parton, George Harrison, even the Rolling Stones, and most of all this fella:
LOL.
I haven't heard anyone say "escape goat" but to be a"scape goat" is to have things blamed on you or laid to your charge and that's Biblical but if you think about it, the original scape goats had the people's sin's laid on them, then were set free in the wilderness and the other goat, chosen by lot to be the "sacrificial goat" was slaughtered.
I have connections.
Whatta sight to see! May I cite you on this site?
I had a business partner whose wife used “escape goat” frequently, and it was hard not to show amusement. She mangled a lot of figures of speech above and beyond those sourced to the KJV Bible. “Taken back” instead of “taken aback” was another favorite of hers. She was not Christian and was first generation American, with parents from eastern Europe. Very smart and savvy in many ways, but she mangled the language.
I thought it was the cross eyed bear?
Greek grammar is so different from English grammar that anything like a “direct” translation would be unreadable by non-specialist readers. Don’t know about Hebrew.
See http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/BooksOfTheBible.html#Apocrypha and
http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/Ancients_on_Scripture.html#2
sure....doesn't Readers Digest have condensed veersions of various novels???they can get two or three in a 2 inch thick book. The basic story is there, but many of the pertinant details are left out. That's what the KJV did to the Catholic bible (in use by all for over 1,500 years).The protestants of the time decided that they were more qualified to design a bible than were the fathers of the church. They decided to eliminate those books which might show evidence of some of the teachings that they wished to ignore (like praying for the dead) only necessary if there is a purgatory!!! You know the story of the revolution, certain people who couldn't handle Catholicism decided to invent their own version of Christianity (how's it working for you??) When you make your own rules, you can condemn abortion, contraception, birth control, etc as true evils for hundreds of years and then, in the 20th century, decide they they are now O.K.....amazing!!!!!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.