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To: Persevero

The King James Version (published 1611) and Shakespeare (active 1592-1610) were contemporary, so it’s quite natural they should sound similar.


21 posted on 11/03/2011 11:50:45 AM PDT by BelegStrongbow (St. Joseph, patron of fathers, pray for us!)
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To: BelegStrongbow

“so it’s quite natural they should sound similar.”

Definitely, they have a similar syntax/grammar/pronunciation thing.

Obviously, though, their content is usually quite different. It is funny when intellectual elites start quoting Shakespeare as if it is the Bible.


23 posted on 11/03/2011 11:55:46 AM PDT by Persevero (Homeschooling for Excellence since 1992)
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To: BelegStrongbow

Shakespeare did not quote from the King James Version of the bible, he quoted from the Geneva Bible. The Geneva Bible was also the bible that was used by the pilgrims, and was the most popular English translation well into the 1700’s.


48 posted on 11/03/2011 1:29:32 PM PDT by Carlos the Iguana ("The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing...")
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