tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post8365193319917235907..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRØNMARK BLOG: Why would anyone forego the glory of the King James Version of The Bible when commemorating the start of World War One?Scott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-78313685614397960312014-08-09T11:28:06.953+01:002014-08-09T11:28:06.953+01:00I can’t remember it, Martin D, but I was probably ...I can’t remember it, Martin D, but I was probably looking forward to cigarettes and coffee at morning break during that particular exercise. It would help explain why I feel so angry whenever I hear “If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal” instead of “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.” As for the tone-deaf nincompoops who replaced “through a glass, darkly” with “in a mirror, dimly”, I hope demons are poking their self-satisfied bottoms with red-hot pokers through all eternity. I know English has changed more dramatically than most other major European languages during the past 400 years, but I wonder if go-ahead Euro-bishops have also mutilated their versions of the Bible in the name of relevance and accessibility. <br />Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-70398954806196446832014-08-09T11:06:11.979+01:002014-08-09T11:06:11.979+01:00Sorry, Umbongo - but I've already submitted a ...Sorry, Umbongo - but I've already submitted a proposal for the next BBC Three commissioning round, pointing out that it would be extremely "inclusive". I don't see how they can turn me down. (Mind you, I'm still bemused by their refusal to commission my idea for Linton Kwezi Johnston and Benjamin Zephyr Zodiac to rewrite Shakespeare's plays, resetting them all in present-day Lewisham.)Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-13015563889291807122014-08-08T18:49:58.790+01:002014-08-08T18:49:58.790+01:00A critical comparison between the King James and N...A critical comparison between the King James and N.E.B. versions of 1 Corinthians was a seminal Frank Miles moment for me, and I suspect several generations of aspiring Leavisites. You included? Martin Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-76097144224169307812014-08-08T09:59:44.536+01:002014-08-08T09:59:44.536+01:00" . . at least they didn’t get some DJ in to ..." . . at least they didn’t get some DJ in to do acid house remixes of Bach’s Passion Chorale and Vaughan Williams's heart-rending Kyrie Eleison"<br /><br />Don't give them ideasUmbongonoreply@blogger.com