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The King James Bible and the World It Made /

The King James translation of the Bible ushered in a new eloquence that until 1611had not existed in the English language. Four centuries later, the literary and historical power of this Bible continues to awe. Originally conceived to help unify Protestants during the English Reformation, many of th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Jeffrey, David Lyle, 1941- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, [2011]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The King James translation of the Bible ushered in a new eloquence that until 1611had not existed in the English language. Four centuries later, the literary and historical power of this Bible continues to awe. Originally conceived to help unify Protestants during the English Reformation, many of the Bible's phrases still saturate popular prose-as evidenced by sayings such as "an eye for an eye" and Abraham Lincoln's famous "a house divided against itself," and even in the intonations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the music of Johnny Cash. The King James Bible and the World It Made</e.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (209 pages).
ISBN:9781602584174