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He was adamant that he wanted, not to coerce the minds of his readers, but to “stand the biblical story on its head”—to shake up the language and present it new and fresh. He believed that beauty, not argumentation, is the only way to persuade an individual to examine issues of faith.
Now the Servant's Name Was Malchus...
How can I interpret “shake up” here? Does it mean reorganizing the words?
He was adamant that he wanted, not to coerce the minds of his readers, but to “stand the biblical story on its head”—to shake up the language and present it new and fresh. He believed that beauty, not argumentation, is the only way to persuade an individual to examine issues of faith.
Now the Servant's Name Was Malchus...
How can I interpret “shake up” here? Does it mean reorganizing the words?