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What can I say? Such magnificent language, such magnificent cadences.
It's impact on Western literature is inestimable. Shakespear,
Milton, Blake, Spenser, ad infinitum. One of the major influences of
Western literature and civilization. Regards,
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The King James Bible wasn't published till 1611, by which time virtually all of Shakespeare's plays were already written. The first recorded production of The Tempest was in 1611. Henry VIII and The Two Noble Kinsmen, both lesser, collaborative works, came later.
Well perhaps that means that the KJV was heavily influenced by W.S.
But what it really means is that it was the language of the time, as
familiar to Shakespear as to the authors of the KJV, and as to the
endlessly churned out broadsides of the day. Regards,
But certainly Modern English experienced an unparallelled flowering then. Just speculation on my part, but I wonder if Milton would have written Paradise Lost were it not for the King James Bible. As I recall, he had contemplated writing something Arthurian instead. I think it's no coincidence that the great writers (Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton) steered clear of that mythos. Mallory? Spencer? No thanks.
But ther e is one bit in the NIVabout the angel and the shepherds.Our Archdeacon wouldn't let me read the KJM one Christmas, and I had to learn the new passage, but if you do it right, the " and they were .. terrified " bit IS more direct than, "they were sore afraid", if you pause a heartbeat longer, before terrified.
ne of my fave things in recordings is that group who do things to plain chant, like the Weather report, the Customs act, etc.
the Litany in the old Anglican liturgy is full of great stuff,
Did a few Synod services in my time as a chorister!
Timbo in Oz
The Skyptical Mensurer and Audio Scrounger
Peace
But I agree, The KJV is classic.
But it reads like a, oh, a Japanese VHS manual. Lifeless prose,
specific and clear to be sure, but flat and lifeless. The Son of Man
comes off as, well, uninteresting. Read "Paradise Lost"; the KJV is
engrained in the text. Let's do a comparison, a collation if you will:The last clause of Ephesians 6, 12:
KJV: "against spiritual wickedness in high places."
NIV: "against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realm."
Which seems to you the most, uh, poetic? The most bang for your buck?
The most passionate? The most steeped in implication, even steeped
in meaning? Regards,
From a perspective of efforting to understand the Bible, the NIV is easier to read and understand, in todays modern English language. I do agree with you that the KJV is the more poetic of the two, if that is what you want.
""From a perspective of efforting to understand the Bible, the NIV is easier to read and understand, in todays modern English language.""
Maybe it takes some extra effort, but itīs worth it. And old forms of language are closer to the true meaning of words. And then, thereīs that thing about left brain vs right brain, which poetic language jumps over so easily, going straight to the core of things...Regards
But you missed mine. I read the Bible for inspiration rather than
information. Regards,
nt
When you tire of being a simpleton, take some peyote or mushrooms.
Open your eyes. Another point of view, personally experienced, can
do wonders for tedious petulance. Regards,J.R.
nt
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