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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Deluge可用以借喻那些大得可以壓倒一切的數目。
Deluge是指一場大洪災。在挪亞的時代，世界上充斥著暴力和原罪。因此，上帝命令一場巨大洪災席卷全球，奪取所有人類的生命。挪亞一家因為得到上帝的指示，建造了一艘方舟而幸免于難。這場洪水一種持續了40個日夜，將所有地球上的生命都奪走了，因此得名“大洪災”。 Deluge可用以借喻那些大得可以壓倒一切的數目。例如，IPO deluge就是指市場興旺時公司一窩蜂上市的情況。
Stranded Lantau residents who remain without running water and transport services more than 48 hours after the weekend deluge say they are running out of patience with the government. 週末洪水侵襲大嶼山，困在其中的居民表示，他們已經對政府的工作失去了耐性。居民們已經在沒有自來水和公共交通設施的地區滯留超過48個小時了。
NIV official site
Chinese Bible (???)
英語中許多習語都源於聖經,比如"two edged sword(雙刃劍)","an eye for an eye(以眼還眼)",學習這些成語故事不但有趣,而且還能擴大你的詞彙量,點擊這裡學習更多的成語故事吧
