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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非常有智慧的人。
大卫的儿子所罗门国王在他统治初期行在神看为美的事。一天晚上，上帝在所罗门的梦中和他见面，对他说：“你可以要求任何你想要我给你的。”（《列王纪》第三章第五节）。所罗门并没有要求财富，而是判断是非的智慧。所以上帝赋予了他公平执法的伟大智慧。他的智慧表现在他的一个著名的裁决。两个母亲索求一个婴儿的所有权，但是她们当中只有一个是孩子的亲生母亲。所罗门国王于是要求把婴儿切成两半分别给两个母亲。真正的母亲就拼命地救儿子，宁愿将儿子给另一个女人，然而假的母亲就坚持要切分。所罗门国王于是便裁定第一个求他不要杀婴儿的母亲是真的。这个聪明的裁决受到了以色列人民的欢迎和很高的尊敬。
You need Solomon’s wisdom to solve this problem. 你需要所罗门的智慧去解决问题。
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