King James Version
The King
James Version (KJV), also known as the Authorized
Version (AV) or the King James Bible (KJB),
is an English translation of
the Christian Bible for
the Church of England begun in 1604 and
completed in 1611. The books of the King James Version include
the 39 books of the Old Testament, an intertestamental section containing
14 books of the Apocrypha, and the 27 books of the New Testament.
It was first
printed by the King's Printer Robert Barker and was the third
translation into English approved by the English Church authorities. The first
had been the Great Bible, commissioned in the reign of King Henry VIII (1535), and the second had
been the Bishops' Bible of 1568. In January
1604, James VI and I convened the Hampton Court Conference, where a new
English version was conceived in response to the problems of the earlier
translations perceived by the Puritans,
a faction of the Church of England. The translation is noted for its "majesty
of style", and has been described as one of the most important books in
English culture.
Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 [O.S. 7 September] – 13 December
1784), often referred to as Dr. Johnson, was an English writer who
made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor
and lexicographer. Johnson was a devout Anglican and committed Tory, and is described by the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography as
"arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history".[1] He
is also the subject of perhaps the most famous biography in English literature, namely The Life of Samuel Johnson by James
Boswell.
Lexicography
Lexicography is
divided into two separate but equally important groups:
·
Theoretical lexicography is the scholarly discipline of analyzing and
describing the semantic, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships
within the lexicon (vocabulary)
of a language,
developing theories of dictionary components and structures linking the data in
dictionaries, the needs for information by users in specific types of
situations, and how users may best access the data incorporated in printed and
electronic dictionaries. This is sometimes referred to as 'metalexicography'.
There is some
disagreement on the definition of lexicology,
as distinct from lexicography. Some use "lexicology" as a synonym for
theoretical lexicography; others use it to mean a branch of linguistics pertaining
to the inventory of words in a particular language.
A person
devoted to lexicography is called a lexicographer.
Hubris
Hubris describes
a personality quality of extreme or foolish pride or
dangerous over-confidence. In
its ancient Greek context, it typically describes behavior that defies the
norms of behavior or challenges the gods, and which in turn brings about the
downfall, or nemesis, of the perpetrator of hubris.
Seven virtues
In the Catholic catechism, the seven Christian
virtues or heavenly virtues refers to the union of
two sets of virtues: from ancient Greek philosophy, are prudence, justice, temperance (meaning restriction or
restraint), and courage (or fortitude); and the three theological virtues, from the letters of Saint Paul of Tarsus, are faith, hope,
and charity (or love). These were adopted
by the Church Fathers as the seven virtues.
A concept of seven deadly
sins provides didactic contrast.
arch- : rule, most important
Examples: archbishop, archenemy, hierarchy and so on.
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