At 01:35 PM 1/2/2004 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>The King James version is nice English but a poor translation, at least of
>the Hebrew books. As literature, it's interesting; teaching it in its
historical
>context would have some didactic use, but I'm not sure of any other point.
As
>a Jew, I'm naturally suspicious of any right-wing Christian attempt to shove
>their religion down my (or anyone else's) throat.
The Fool's article seems to strongly suggest that the proposal is to teach
the KJV as English Literature....
We had segments of the KJV in my English Literature class in High School as
well.... shortly after Beowulf IIRC.
JDG
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