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
圖片說明： Elijah taken into heaven
圖片版權： V. Gilbert and Arlisle F. Beers
列王紀上17：1
以利亞源自希伯來文אֱלִיָּהוּ，意思為“我的上帝，我的王”。在舊約聖經的《列王紀》中，以利亞是一位公元前9世紀的先知。他曾使死人復活，還曾禱告祈求上帝從天上降下火來。他也是聖經中唯一被接升天的先知。他看見火車火馬，乘旋風升上天去。 i-LIE-jə (English), i-LIE-zhə (English) 在新約聖經的《馬可福音》中，當耶穌登山變像，以利亞同摩西在彼得、雅各、約翰前顯現，並且向耶穌說話。 （馬可福音9：4-和合本）
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Elijah James Jesus John Moses Peter transfiguration whirlwind
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
