A History of the Bible as Literature: From antiquity to 1700It is regarded as a truism that the King James Bible is one of the finest pieces of English prose. Yet few people are aware that the King James Bible was generally scorned or ignored as English writing for a century and a half after its publication. The reputation of this Bible is the central, most fascinating, element in a larger history, that of literary ideas of the Bible as they have come into and developed in English culture; and the first volume of David Norton's magisterial two-volume work surveys and analyses a comprehensive range of these ideas from biblical times to the end of the seventeenth century, providing a unique view of the Bible and translation. |
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... inspiration and eloquence Cassiodorus , Aldhelm and Bede 41 41 48 5 The occult text ix Lore and text Allegory : Plato , Heraclitus and Homer Non - literal reading of the Bible 53 53 54 57 6 The challenge to the translators 7 The ...
... inspiration and eloquence Cassiodorus , Aldhelm and Bede 41 41 48 5 The occult text ix Lore and text Allegory : Plato , Heraclitus and Homer Non - literal reading of the Bible 53 53 54 57 6 The challenge to the translators 7 The ...
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David Norton. 14 " The eloquentest books in the world ' Divine inspiration John Donne Conquering the classics Conflict over the Bible as a model for style Denying eloquence and inspiration 237 237 242 245 249 262 15 Versifying the Psalms ...
David Norton. 14 " The eloquentest books in the world ' Divine inspiration John Donne Conquering the classics Conflict over the Bible as a model for style Denying eloquence and inspiration 237 237 242 245 249 262 15 Versifying the Psalms ...
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Contents
List of plates | 2 |
The early Christians and biblical eloquence | 16 |
Jerome | 23 |
I | 44 |
5 | 53 |
Slaves of the Vulgate | 77 |
Creators of English | 90 |
77 | 97 |
12 | 172 |
13 | 210 |
The eloquentest books in the world | 237 |
Versifying the Psalms | 274 |
The best materials in the world for poesy | 291 |
Appendix | 313 |
Bibliography | 349 |
355 | |
8888 | 104 |
From the Great Bible to the RheimsDouai Bible | 114 |
10 | 139 |
Presentations of the text 15251625 | 164 |
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364 | |
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