Crystal, David,  1941- <br/><br/>
Begat :  the King James Bible and the English language / 
David Crystal. 
 - Oxford ;  New York :  Oxford University Press,  2010. 
 - vii, 327 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes indexes. 
<br/><br/>In the beginning -- Let there be light -- Be fruitful and multiply -- My brother's keeper -- Two by two -- A coat of many colours -- Fire and brimstone -- Begat -- Thou shall not -- Manna, milk, and honey -- Eyes, teeth, and loins -- What hath been wrought -- Bread alone -- How are the mighty fallen! -- The skin of one's teeth -- Out of the mouths of babes -- Pride goes before a fall -- Nothing new under the sun -- Fly in the ointment -- No peace for the wicked -- Be horribly afraid -- Seeing the light -- Eyes, ears, cheeks -- Speaking, shouting, wailing, writing -- Shaking, turning, moving -- Many and few, first and last -- Fights, foes, fools, friends -- Praising famous men -- Sheep, goats, swine -- Money, wages, pearls, mites -- Blessed are the servants -- Heal thyself -- Times and seasons -- Birth, life, and death -- Countries, kingdoms, Armageddon -- Building houses, mansions, sepulchres -- Millstones, crosses, yokes, pricks -- Sowing seeds -- Salt and wine -- The law, judges, thieves, swords -- Love and charity -- Peace, patience, wrath, whore -- Appendixes. Expressions discussed in this book ; Number of references made to Old and New Testamant sources. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199585854 (hbk.) 0199585857 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010293622 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB062241  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>015556304  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible--Language, style.<br/>Bible. English --Versions--Authorized.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--History.--Terms and phrases<br/>King James' Bible.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS 537 .C79 2010