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Originally Posted by Alyssa Miranda
and that it is the single largest source of quotations added to the English language, including "feet of clay," "reap the whirlwind," and many, many others, 257 in total, exceeding even those attributed to Shakespeare, according to Wikipedia.
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I believe the apostle Paul contributed the lion's share of new words (to the Bible) that are now well known, but were new way back when the New Testament was written down. Between him and Shakespeare a lot of words were added to man's vocabulary. Both of them were apparently men who when they found that a word didn't exist that expressed what they were speaking about would invent a new word that did so.
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I know of no one writing today with such simplicity and power.
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True. Whether or not a person believes it to be a religious book or not I don't think anyone can really doubt that it tells it like it is about a great many things that are still relevant in our modern world. And in past centuries when people were moving about and had to keep weight down (on wagons etc) it often went along for the trip. Religion aside often it was the only book handy when people were teaching their children how to read.