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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“man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.” (Deuteronomy 8:3) 人活著、不是單靠食物、乃是靠耶和華口裡所出的一切話。(申命记 8:3)
在流放荒野的四十年里，以色列人明白了要在貧瘠的沙漠里生存，只能依靠上帝的供應：餓了，大量的食物從天而降；渴了，甘露從堅硬的巖石中流出來。這段艱難的日子讓人們懂得了要敬虔度日：“人活著不是單靠食物，乃是靠耶和華口里所出的一切話。” “man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.” （申命記 8：3） 這段話同樣也在《新約》中出現過。耶穌接受魔鬼的試探，齋戒四十個晝夜，最後感到非常饑餓。撒旦前來誘惑他說：“如果你真是上帝之子，讓這些石頭變成面包。”（馬太福音4：4）耶穌卻回答說：“經書上說‘人活著不是單靠食物，乃是靠耶和華口裡所出的一切話’。” “Man shall not live by bread alone,” but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.” 耶穌想要告訴我們：人，不該只關注塵世的需求，而該看重神的福音。因為先找到上帝的人最終會獲得生活上的供應。
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