When the Bible Quotes Itself

John Hobbins writes in favor of “retaining the standard ‘x and y’ collocation ‘God and men’” in I Samuel 2:26 and Luke 2:52, because it is an example of “standard literary English.” I think “peace on earth and good will toward men,” — another example that John mentions — is now a perfect example of…
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