I find it far easier to understand than Shakespear, though, even though it's the same time period. I suppose it's because with the KJV they were concentrating on making it as easy to understand as possible. Yet they were able to do that and still produce great prose, which is quite an achievement.
I'm an atheist, but I regret the seeming unfamiliarity with the Bible of the majority of young people today, as it makes a lot of this country's cultural heritage difficult for them to understand.
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Date: 2011-05-02 09:28 pm (UTC)I find it far easier to understand than Shakespear, though, even though it's the same time period. I suppose it's because with the KJV they were concentrating on making it as easy to understand as possible. Yet they were able to do that and still produce great prose, which is quite an achievement.
I'm an atheist, but I regret the seeming unfamiliarity with the Bible of the majority of young people today, as it makes a lot of this country's cultural heritage difficult for them to understand.