Begat : the King James Bible and the English language / David Crystal
- Author:
- Crystal, David, 1941-
- Published:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 327 pages ; 23 cm
- Contents:
- 1. In the beginning -- 2. Let there be light -- 3. Be fruitful and multiply -- 4. My brother's keeper -- 5. Two by two -- 6. A coat of many colours -- 7. Fire and brimstone -- 8. Begat -- 9. Thou shalt not -- 10. Manna, milk, and honey -- 11. Eyes, teeth, and loins -- 12. What hath been wrought -- 13. Bread alone -- 14. How are the mighty fallen! -- 15. The skin of one's teeth -- 16. Out of the mouths of babes -- 17. Pride goes before a fall -- 18. Nothing new under the sun -- 19. Fly in the ointment -- 20. No peace for the wicked -- 21. Be horribly afraid -- Interlude -- 22. Seeing the light -- 23. Eyes, ears, cheeks -- 24. Speaking, shouting, wailing, writing -- 25. Shaking, turning, moving -- 26. Many and few, first and last -- 27. Fights, foes, fools, friends -- 28. Praising famous men -- 29. Sheep, goats, swine -- 30. Money, wages, pearls, mites -- 31. Blessed are the servants -- 32. Heal thyself -- 33. Times and seasons -- 34. Birth, life, and death -- 35. Countries, kingdoms, Armageddon -- 36. Building houses, mansions, sepulchres -- 37. Millstones, crosses, yokes, pricks -- 38. Sowing seeds -- 39. Salt and wine -- 40. The law, judges, thieves, swords -- 41. Love and charity -- 42. Peace, patience, wrath, whore -- Epilogue -- Appendixes -- 1. Expressions discussed in this book -- 2. Number of references made to Old and New Testament sources.
- Summary:
- "This astonishing book has
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780199585854 (hbk.)
0199585857 (hbk.) - Note:
- Includes indexes.
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