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
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
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
...there is truth in the remark. "without Tyndale[Bible translator], no Shakespeare"...
Prof. David Daniell, University College London
from The Bible in English
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
...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
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
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
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And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” (Luke 22:19) “又拿起饼来，祝谢了，就劈开，递给他们，说“这是我的身体，为你们所舍得，你们也应当如此行，为的是纪念我。”（路加22：7-38）
最后的晚餐是耶稣在临死前和他的门徒最后的一顿饭。在晚餐时，耶稣祝福了面包和葡萄汁，让它们分别代表他的身体和血。自从他死后，这种仪式一直保存到今天，对此各个教派也有不同的称呼。如早期教会称为“Eucharist”(圣餐)，新教教会称为“Holy Communion”(圣餐)，而罗马天主教会则称为“Mass”（弥撒）。仪式的目的是为了纪念耶稣的死，同时也为了加强基督教徒间的凝聚力。 《最后的晚餐》是意大利画家里昂那多.达文西Leonardo Da Vinci的杰作。这幅壁画创作于1495-1498,現存放於圣玛丽教堂，教堂坐落在今天位于米兰的Santa Maria delle Grazie 。今天世界各地的人都不辞千里涌向这个世界文化遗产遗址瞻仰这幅名作。
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英语中许多习语都源于圣经，比如"Two edged sword 双刃剑","an eye for an eye 以眼还眼"，学习这些成语故事不但有趣，而且还能扩大你的词汇量。点击这里学习更多的成语故事吧。
