Brush Up Your Bible!

by Michael Macrone

What did Israel sow in order to "reap the whirlwind"? Where did the "prodigal son" go to spend his inheritance? What is a "plowshare" and how can you beat a sword into one? Learn about these and other well-known words, phrases, and stories of the Old and New Testaments that have entered our everyday language. Includes black-and-white line drawings by Tom Lulevitch, a helpful index to key words and phrases, and a section on expressions that are mistakenly attributed to the Bible.

Genres: Religion, Reference

384 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1993

Reviews

[R. C.]

I found this book a pretty useful overview of all the ways Biblical literature shows up in our culture. Each section is about two pages of lively information on where a phrase or reference (The Tower of Babel, Forty Days and Forty Nights, Sodom and Gomorrah) shows up in the Bible, what it meant in that context, and where its been taken since Biblical days. The references are handily organized in Biblical order.

[Belle Meade School]

220.6

[Adrian & Sandy Rankin]

It is a very interesting study of words and phrases we use everyday that originate or are believed to originate from the Bible.

[Rachel Kopel]

Another of those biblical references *lite* but really very helpful.