The King James Bible Word Book
The King James Bible Word Book

Author: Ronald F. Bridges

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780785280934

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English has changed dramatically since the introduction of the King James Bible. The original words often fail to make sense but the beauty of the poetic style reaffirms your love for the King James Bible. This Book will help you make sense of the often archaic language. A delightful and authoritative guide, this source book illuminates the 1611 text for the 1990's readers. Fascinating, brief articles explain over 800 terms of the KJV that have either fallen into disuse or have taken on a dramatically different meaning. Includes a comprehensive index of over 2600 entries.

Reckonings
Reckonings

Author: Stephen Chrisomalis

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2020-12-15

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 026236087X

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Insights from the history of numerical notation suggest that how humans write numbers is an active choice involving cognitive and social factors. Over the past 5,000 years, more than 100 methods of numerical notation--distinct ways of writing numbers--have been developed and used by specific communities. Most of these are barely known today; where they are known, they are often derided as cognitively cumbersome and outdated. In Reckonings, Stephen Chrisomalis considers how humans past and present use numerals, reinterpreting historical and archaeological representations of numerical notation and exploring the implications of why we write numbers with figures rather than words.

Reading the OED
Reading the OED

Author: Ammon Shea

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 9780399533983

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An obsessive word lover provides an account of the year he spent reading the Oxford English Dictionary cover to cover, offering a selection of obscure and offbeat vocabulary gems he discovered along the way.