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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...

of its use in English literature, chiefly of the sixteenth century. For these illustrations, his book is of lasting value. Today the situation is different. Several revisions of the King James Version have been published, and there have been notable new translations of the Bible into modern English. The twenty-volume Oxford English Dictionary (second edition, 1989) affords a wealth of illustration for the varied senses of English usage. The etymology of the English words is indicated in all of the
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