That's in the Bible?: Scripture's User-Friendly Impact on Everyday Conversation

William D Mayo

Book cover for That's in the Bible?: Scripture's User-Friendly Impact on Everyday Conversation
Book cover for That's in the Bible?: Scripture's User-Friendly Impact on Everyday Conversation
Book cover for That's in the Bible?: Scripture's User-Friendly Impact on Everyday Conversation
Book cover for That's in the Bible?: Scripture's User-Friendly Impact on Everyday Conversation

That's in the Bible?: Scripture's User-Friendly Impact on Everyday Conversation

That's in the Bible?: Scripture's User-Friendly Impact on Everyday Conversation

William D Mayo

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That's In The Bible? illustrates the significant impact the Bible has had on our everyday conversational language. Throughout history, written and verbal language has been seasoned with hundreds of colorful expressions lifted directly from its pages. This is no less true in our modern language - newspapers unknowingly use catchy phrases as headlines that are actually derived from biblical texts. Advertisers lure customers with limited time offers, such as "Don't Miss the Boat!" - a direct reference to Noah and the Ark. And people use familiar colloquial expressions casually in everyday speech perhaps without even being aware of the fact that they are using an expression originally penned in Scripture.

This book explores many such phrases - everyday expressions - voiced from the corporate boardroom to the schoolyard playground. Each phrase is traced to its original biblical roots. The study of word and phrase origins is known as etymology - from the Greek words etymon meaning "true sense" and logos meaning "word". This book presents the "true sense" of the word and promotes Bible discovery, readership, and witnessing. It is intended to illustrate the Bible as a genuinely user-friendly resource.

Publishing Information

Publisher: Authorhouse
Pub date: 2011-10-24
Length: 224 pages

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