Author: Martin H. ManserPublisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781853263422
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Citaten uit de bijbel.
The Wordsworth Dictionary of Bible Quotations
Author: Martin H. ManserPublisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781853263422
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Citaten uit de bijbel.
A Dictionary of Quotations from the Bible
Author: Publisher: Citadel Press
ISBN: 9780806524580
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
There is no work of literature that is more widely quoted than the Holy Bible. This major collection offers a comprehensive selection of biblical quotes in a compact, practical, accessible, and entertaining format. As the fundamental book of Western culture, the Bible offers wise and witty commentary on all aspects of life -- from health and happiness to the environment. Each quotation has a complete book, chapter, and verse citation, and is cross referenced by subject and indexed by key word. With more than 3,000 quotations on more than 400 alphabetized topics and annotations exploring the meaning, interpretation, and significance of many quotes, A Dictionary of Quotations From the Bible is an essential reference for Bible students, speakers, authors, and lovers of language. This dictionary goes beyond the traditional categories and famous verses, offering quotes and passages that are more relevant than ever to modern life.
The Wordsworth Dictionary of Quotations
Author: Connie RobertsonPublisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781853264894
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
Quotations have exercised a particular fascination for humanity since the birth of recorded language and their potency in the age of the soundbite is stronger than ever. We revel in quotations, compete to know them, love them, hate them and inscribe them in books and on buildings, and this freshly revised and updated dictionary includes a wealth of new material among its 13,000 familiar, serious, outrageous, witty and thought-provoking entries.The Wordsworth Dictionary of Quotations is an essential work of reference for every writer, journalist and speech-maker, as well as being a treasure-trove for the browser and the simply curious. From the Roman poet Ovid's observation that 'Judgement of beauty can er, what with the wine and the dark' to Oscar Wilde's that 'Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes', there is a wide diversity of sayings to add spice to our conversation and enrich our daily lives. The book is alphabetically arranged by author and indexed by keyword for ease of use.
Suggestive Thoughts on Religious Subjects
Author: Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Author: Ebenezer Cobham BrewerPublisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781840223101
Category : Allusions
Languages : en
Pages : 1166
Book Description
This work explains the origins of the familiar and the unfamiliar in everyday speech and literature, including the colloquial and the proverbial. It embraces archaeology, history, religion, the arts, science, mythology and characters from fiction.
The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
Author: C. M. Schwarz (ed)Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
ISBN: 9781853263095
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Has more than 600 phrases, sayings, and expressions and contains explanations.
A Treasury of Biblical Quotations
Author: Lester V. BerreyPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486168336
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Designed as a quick and easy reference tool, this thesaurus of scripture classifies sacred texts from the King James Version of both the Old and New Testaments by topic. Arranged alphabetically by subject.
The Lion Book of Bible Quotations
Author: Martin H. ManserPublisher:
ISBN: 9780732405748
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Third edition of 1982 collection of quotations from the Bible, arranged in two parts, by theme and by Biblical book. The author is a reference book editor and dictionary compiler.
Bartlett's Bible Quotations
Author: John BartlettPublisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316086673
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
From the quote aficionado to the historical researcher, fans of Bartlett's will be thrilled to see Bartlette's Bible Quotations. Assembled in a new format to delight both researchers and casual readers, Bartlette's Bible Quotations is an essential collection of Bible quotes pulled from the prestigious Bartlette's Familiar Quotations. It is both a valuable reference tool and an eminent collection to be browsed through for pleasure. The quotes are organised simply and elegantly, from Genesis to Revelations, and include Psalms, Proverbs, and the Apocrypha. Bartlett's highlights the essential passages of the beloved text (originally from the King James Version), from the educational to the ethical, from stern to stirring, creating a view of the Bible unlike any other.
Dictionary of Sacred Quotations
Author: Horatio Hastings WeldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Quotations, English
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description