Sampling of Book Titles Inspired by Bible Verses
My dissertation supervisor told me that the Bible and Shakespeare were the two most-used sources for book titles. How many of these biblical phrases do you recognize?
Absalom, Absalom!
William Faulkner
2 Samuel 19:4
An Acceptable Time
Madeleine L'Engle
Psalms 66:13
A Time to Kill
John Grisham
Ecclesiastes 3:3
Behold the Man
Michael Moorcock
John 19:5
Butter In a Lordly Dish
Agatha Christie
Judges 5:25
I Sat Down and Wept
Elizabeth Smart
Psalm 137:1
Clouds of Witness
Dorothy L. Sayers
Hebrews 12:1
Consider the Lilies
Iain Crichton Smith
Matthew 6:28
East of Eden
John Steinbeck
Genesis 4:16
Fear and Trembling
Søren Kierkegaard
Philippians 2:12
The Golden Bowl
Henry James
Ecclesiastes 12:6
The House of Mirth
Edith Wharton
Ecclesiastes 7:4
I Will Fear No Evil
Robert A. Heinlein
Psalms 23:4
If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem
William Faulkner
Psalms 137:5
In a Glass Darkly
Sheridan Le Fanu
I Corinthians 13:12
Jacob Have I Loved
Katherine Paterson
Romans 9:13
The Last Enemy
Richard Hillary
I Corinthians 15:26
Lilies of the Field
William E. Barrett
Matthew 6:28
The Little Foxes
Lillian Hellman
Song of Songs 2:15
Many Waters
Madeleine L'Engle
Song of Songs 8:7
The Millstone
Margaret Drabble
Matthew 18:6
Moab Is My Washpot
Stephen Fry
Psalms 60:8
The Moon by Night
Madeleine L'Engle
Psalms 121:6
The Needle's Eye
Margaret Drabble
Matthew 19:24
Noli Me Tangere
José Rizal
John 20:17
Number the Stars
Lois Lowry
Psalms 147:4
Quo Vadis
Henryk Sienkiewicz
John 13:36 (Vulgate translation)
A Scanner Darkly
Philip K. Dick
I Corinthians 13:12
Stranger in a Strange Land
Robert A. Heinlein
Exodus 2:22
The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway
Ecclesiastes 1:5
The Violent Bear It Away
Flannery O'Connor
Matthew 11:12 (Douay translation)
The Way of All Flesh
Samuel Butler
Joshua 23:14 (Wesley's notes translation)
The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith
Isaiah 61:6
The Wings of the Dove
Henry James
Psalms 55:6