tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11167350.post1034281452339622298..comments2023-10-31T05:37:45.410-07:00Comments on Hungry Hyaena: Finding UnicornsHungry Hyaenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06354349850246750046noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11167350.post-48313706708748881562011-10-10T14:30:28.640-07:002011-10-10T14:30:28.640-07:00Related to the above piece, I suggested reading Ed...Related to the above piece, I suggested reading Edward Rothstein's <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/30/arts/design/manifold-greatness-and-king-james-bible-at-folger-review.html?ref=design" rel="nofollow"><i>New York Times</i> review</a> of "Manifold Greatness: The Creation and Afterlife of the King James Bible." The below excerpt is particularly curious (and amusing).<br /><br />"Because <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare" rel="nofollow">Shakespeare</a> was still alive when <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorized_King_James_Version" rel="nofollow">the translation</a> was published, many came to believe (without any basis in fact) that he was one of its creators. The show even displays publications arguing for his authorship using arcane analyses of secret allusions to his name in the King James text. (In Psalm 46, for example, the word “shake” is 46 words from the beginning and “speare” 46 from the end; Shakespeare was 46 in 1610 as the translation was being completed.)"<br /><br />Arcane assertions abound when it comes to the Bible! You gotta love it.Hungry Hyaenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354349850246750046noreply@blogger.com