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The Bible has been the most influential text in all of Western culture. It's difficult to understand medieval or early modern or much of modern literature without knowing it...

Prof. Barbara Newman, Northwestern University
from 2006 Bible Literary project

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It's not that it's impossible to read some writers without a Biblical background, but that you would miss a whole dimension to their work.

Prof. Steven Goldsmith, University of California at Berkeley
from 2006 Bible Literary Project

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I can only say that if a student doesn't know any Bible literature, he or she will simply not understand whole elements of Shakespeare, Sidney, Spenser, Milton, Pope, Wordsworth

Prof. Robert Kiely, Harvard University
from 2006 Bible Literary Project

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...there is truth in the remark. "without Tyndale[Bible translator], no Shakespeare"...

Prof. David Daniell, University College London
from The Bible in English

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You can't really study Western literature intelligently or coherently without starting with the Bible.

Prof. Gerald L. Bruns, University of Notre Dame
from 2006 Bible Literary Project

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...a familiar understanding of Christian doctrine in historical perspective thus contributes to a fuller appreciation of Shakespeare's art, but Shakespeare's art

Prof. Roland M. Frye
from Shakespeare and the Christian Doctrine

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In English tradition and also for an American tradition begun by Puritan writers, a knowledge of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament is even more crucial than classical references.

Prof. Ulrich Knoefplmacher, Princeton University
from 2006 Bible Literary Project

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There is no book more important for our culture than the Bible, and it is fundametal to the study of English literature and language.

Prof. David Jasper and Prof. Stephen Prickett
from the Bible and literature

clear as crystal 如水晶般清澈(启示录:22:1)

图片说明: Crystal clear
图片版权: Jenny Wong

圣经经文

“Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb.” (Revelation 22:1) “天使又指示我在城内街道当中一道生命水的河,明亮如水晶,从神和羔羊的宝座流出来。” (启示录:22:1)

意思

“Clear as crystal”或“crystal clear”有“透明”的含义。

来源及应用

一般认为使徒约翰是《圣经》最后一章,即《启示录》的作者。他在书中预言,将来的耶路撒冷会是一座完全建在天堂里的城市,城中的水明亮如水晶。 尽管这个短语的意思在《启示录》翻译以前就广为人所知,但它真正变得家喻户晓还是在《圣经》印刷出版后。后来,“Clear as crystal” 或“crystal clear” 有“透明”的含义。在众多例子中,“crystal clear sky”,“crystal clear explanation” 或者“crystal clear waters” 都蕴含了这意思

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Keywords

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