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The only time in High School that the Bible was mentioned was my AP English class, when we studied the Book of Job. It was a bit of a shock, after all that time
by mrkstu 9y ago
The only time in High School that the Bible was mentioned was my AP English class, when we studied the Book of Job. It was a bit of a shock, after all that time learning English, to suddenly be confronted with Scripture at school... but refreshing.
The KJV was definitely THE source of common culture in America, up until the last ~30 years or so. It has been sad to see the rapid decline in Biblical scholarship by the average American. Having a common touchstone of such breadth/depth/complexity being replaced by Disney/Marvel as the common lexicon has been disheartening (despite my love of all things Marvel.)
- davidgerard 9y agoIt's still the source for many of the sources. So many phrases are straight from there, much as they are from Shakespeare. Martin Luther King leaned heavily on Exodus, and the theme of "let my people go".