About: I Never Knew That Was In The Bible
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The Ultimate A-to-Z Resource to Common Expressions and Curious Words from the Bible
Martin Manser is a professional reference-book editor and Bible scholar who has compiled and edited more than 70 titles, including dictionaries and biblical reference works. He holds the BA Honours degree in linguistics and an M Phil degree, and he resides with his wife and children in England.
- Shows how hundreds of today's colorful, everyday expressions come from the Bible, such as “the blind leading the blind,” “by the skin of my teeth,” “a fly in the ointment,” and many more.
- Explains the original meaning and occasions of these expressions in the Old and New Testaments.
- Gives the fascinating and often humorous stories behind hundreds of other words and phrases from the great English Bible, the King James Version, especially those with different or rarely-used meanings in today's English.
- A great resource for Bible word studies: KJV expressions are illuminated by comparison with the way they are translated in eight major 20th-century Bible versions: CEV, NASB, NCV, NIV, NKJV, NLT, NRSV, RSV.
- Illustrates the meaning of many terms with generous quotations from Shakespeare and other Elizabethan literature.
- Entertaining as well as informative: a one-of-a-kind illustrated reference work that all Bible readers, students of English literature, writers, and word lovers of all kinds will treasure.
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Copyright 1999 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
All rights reserved. Written permission must be secured from the publisher to use or reproduce any part of this book except for brief quotations in critical reviews or articles.
Much of the core content of this work was originally published as The Bible Word Book, by Ronald Bridges and Luther A. Weigle. A substantial number of new entries have been added to that work, and many new Bible versions have been consulted for this edition.
Scripture quotations noted CEV are from the Contemporary English Version. Copyright 1995 by the American Bible Society. Used by permission.
Scripture quotations noted NASB are from the New American Standard Bible, Copyright The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by permission.
Scripture quotations noted NCV are from The Holy Bible, New Century Version, copyright 1987, 1988, 1991 by Word Publishing, Nashville, Tennessee. Used by permission.
Scripture quotations noted NIV are from the Holy Bible, New International Version. NIV. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House and Hodder & Stoughton Limited. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations noted NKJV are from The Holy Bible, New King James Version, copyright 1979, 1980, 1982, 1990 by Thomas Nelson, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations noted NLT are from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations noted NRSV are from the New Revised Standard Version, copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Scripture quotations noted RSV are from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1946, 1952, 1971, and 1973 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. All rights reserved. Used by permission.