Continuing with your points, I've been told that "... is the root of all evil" is likely an idiomatic use of hyperbole. I.e., in modern colloquial English we'd

Continuing with your points, I've been told that "... is the root of all evil" is likely an idiomatic use of hyperbole. I.e., in modern colloquial English we'd say, "The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil."