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3:50 AM

Q: Why do we find Shakespeare’s name hidden in Psalm 46 of the King James Bible?

Shakespeare and Psalm 46 (King James Version) Many Shakespeare fans know that Shakespeare’s name can be extracted from Psalm 46 of the King James Bible. The facts as I understand them are these: the King James Bible was finished being translated from the original languages (Hebrew and Greek) in ...

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Tsundoku

9:43 AM

@Bookworm The question has already been deleted, but I wanted to check anyway. In the 1611 King James version of Psalm 46, "shake" is the 59th word (counting from the beginning) and "spear" is the 47th word counting backwards from the end. Some people apparently create "evidence" by adapting their criteria for evidence to the claim they want to support.

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Rand al'Thor

2:21 PM

@Tsundoku has just edged ahead of Gareth in yearly rep. You want to hang on to that #2 spot ;-)

Tsundoku

Yes, I noticed that also. I don't know how long that will last, though ;-)

This question about Rabelais and games originally asked for a list of papers. I have reworded it so it asks for answers based on 16th-century humanist literature. This should be more acceptable, unless one interprets the question as a history question.

Napoleon Wilson

You guys really love your leaderboard statistics. ;-)

Tsundoku

Everybody likes them, but most people don't want to admit it :-P

Bookworm

3:10 PM

Q: How does That Hideous Strength show the influence of Charles Williams?

Wikipedia says, without citation, that C. S. Lewis's novel That Hideous Strength was "heavily influenced by the writing of Lewis's friend and fellow Inkling Charles Williams". I did notice that this novel seems different in style from Lewis's other work that I've read (Narnia, Till We Have Faces,...

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Rand al'Thor

Trying to keep up my contributions to our QPD rate :-) That Hideous Strength is a book for which I think a number of interesting deeper-analysis questions can be asked and answered, as well as easier meaning ones.

Later

@Randal'Thor Hello. Can I ask you some questions about the SE guidelines?

Rand al'Thor

Hi. Sure, I should be SE-experienced enough to advise. I'm popping in and out of chat while multitasking, so responses may be a bit slow.

Mithical

Also, just generally asking in chat is often enough to get an answer without pinging someone in particular.

Later

Can a user change their post, which has no answer, completely?

Ok. It seems that you are too busy, so I do not disturb you.

Rand al'Thor

3:32 PM

@Later If it has no answer, you can as easily delete and repost your new question.

I guess it's technically not against the rules to completely change a question that has no answers, but it may get you some strange looks. And it may annoy someone who's working on an answer but hasn't posted it yet.

Napoleon Wilson

It could also basically invalidate any votes given to a supposedly entirely different question.

Napoleon Wilson

4:28 PM

Hmpf, had I realized that today is Wright's birthday, I would have waited just another week with my answer. :'(

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Tsundoku

6:25 PM

@NapoleonWilson What's even worse is that you also forgot Frank and Lloyd's birthdays :-P

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Rand al'Thor

8:20 PM