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how the Bible has influenced the English language.
“The greatest of all
translations is the English Bible. It is even more than that: It is the
greatest English book, the first of the English classics, the source of the
greatest influences upon English character and speech…It is in a singular
degree, the voice of a people.”---- George Sampson. It is needless to say that
the influence of the Bible on English literature has been immensely great and
most valuable. Ever since the publication of the first translation of the Bible
by Wycliffe to the publication of the Authorized Version in 1611, its influence
on English literature and language has been constant and steady. These
productions exerted great influence in the development of standard prose relinquishing
the crude style of the liturgical treatise. The influence of the Bible was
immensely felt in other branches of literature especially in poetry.
The Authorized Version of
the Bible was published in 1611. It was the work of forty-seven scholars nominated
by James I, over whom Bishop Lancelot Andrews presided. It is very difficult to
distinguish the influence of Authorized Bible from that of the earlier forms
yet it found a righteous conclusion of religions controversies started in 1523
in England.
Humanism, the product of
the Renaissance and the religions Reformation came into conflict during the mid
16th century England. The greatest advantage of this was that they largely
contributed to the development of English prose. The controversialists wanted
to reach the public and win over their sympathies. For that purpose they had to
write their pamphlets and treatise in simple English so that it could easily be
understood by the common people. That is how the translation of the Bible into
English raised the controversies and how these controversies helped in the
development of English prose. Let us now study the Biblical influence upon the
modern English as it stands now.....................................................................
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