Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Shakespeare Factoid of the...Year?

I'm visiting home for spring break and a job interview. While sleeping on the couch very early this morning, my mother dropped what she called an "interesting fact" on the table next to me. Upon waking, I read this (apparently from a "Fact-a-Day" calendar, dated Wednesday, January 28th):
It is believed that Shakespeare was forty-six around the time the King James version of the Bible was written. In Psalm 46, the forty-sixth word from the first word is shake, and the forty-sixth word from the last word is spear.
Holy moly.

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1 comments:

Shava said...

"It's believed that Shakespeare was about 46..." So, he could have been, say, 43 or 48, and this might not be nearly so significant? ;)

That said, check out this:
http://www.baconlinks.com/VVILL/Psalm46.html

Enjoy!
Shava