A happy heart is the best medicine 喜樂的心是良藥（箴言17:22

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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

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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

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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

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...there is truth in the remark. "without Tyndale[Bible translator], no Shakespeare"...

Prof. David Daniell, University College London
from The Bible in English

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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

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...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

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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

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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

A happy heart is the best medicine 喜樂的心是良藥（箴言17:22

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聖經經文

“A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones” (Proverbs 17:22)

意思

喜樂的心是良藥。

來源及應用

醫學研究證明喜樂的心情可以加快康復的速度，尤其是對癌癥患者。而這一說法對于聖經的讀者並不陌生。因為在聖經的箴言中早已提及：“喜樂的心，乃是良藥。憂傷的靈，使骨干枯。” 這一詩節常出現在鼓勵病人的文章中。我在醫院里的院牧服侍時，發現當患者們處于人生的低潮，會從這一節詩中找到安慰和鼓勵。

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A happy heart is the best medicine 喜樂的心是良藥（箴言17:22

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