Jack Thomas

King James’s Bible
- The Book That Changed the World

2pm Salterton Playhouse
Sunday 18 September 2011

Chair: Roger Bass

This will be a fun, interesting, informative, even occasionally humorous, lecture on the origins of the King James Bible at the Hampton Court Conference of 1604.

The King James Version has shaped the making of the English speaking world over the past 400 years – it has influenced our language and literature and our values, and has effected dramatic patterns of change in our thinking and culture.

“I dwell on the felicities of the language of the King James Bible and its influence on many other writers . . . This is the greatest book written by a committee.”

Jack Thomas taught at Haileybury College for many years, where he was a Housemaster and live-wire of the English Department. His wife, Imogen Thomas will also be reading.

A selection of common idioms which have their origins in the King James Bible …

‘my brother’s keeper’ • ‘a fly in the ointment’ • ‘a man after our own heart’ • ‘the salt of the earth’ • ‘a two-edged sword’ • ‘a rod of iron’ • ‘the skin of his teeth’ • ‘let there be light’ • ‘how are the mighty fallen’ • ‘so help me God’ • ‘a thorn in the flesh’ • ‘new wine in old bottles’ • ‘fight the good fight’ • ‘fell flat on his face’ • ‘ye of little faith’ • ‘sour grapes’

Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival Appearance

Box office opens 11th July 2011

Tickets are available from the Tourist Information Centre on the High Street opposite Temple Church.

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