In a message dated 26/03/00 12:03:59 GMT Daylight Time,
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> The terms 'excision' and 'delete' presuppose that there is such a thing
> as the 'Bible' from which the Song of Songs, or some other book or
> books, may be removed, either by rendering them illegible (deletion) or
> physically cutting them out with a knife (excision). I realise that
> these words are metaphors, but them do indicate an attitude to the
> Bible which is in fact quite modern.
Watson's starting point was the King James version. He chose to omit the
Song. I don't know whether he used deletion, or excision, or neither, or
both, when he sent his copy to the printer.
John Kennedy
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