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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

Daughter of Eve夏娃的女兒(創2:18)

圖片說明: Eve
圖片版權: V. Gilbert and Arlisle F. Beers

聖經經文

And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.” (Genesis 2:18) “耶和華 神說、那人獨居不好、我要為他造一個配偶幫助他。”(创2:18)

意思

Daughter of Eve一般指女人。因為她們在夏娃后被繁衍出來。

來源及應用

亞當,是上帝創造的第一個人,“上帝說:“那人獨居不好,我要為他造一個配偶來幫助他。在亞當出生后不久,上帝使他沉睡,然后用他的一條肋骨造出一個女人。亞當叫她夏娃,意思是“生命”因為她是眾生之母。 在納尼亞傳奇一書中,著名英國作家C.S. Lewis劉易斯就把女性描述為Daughter of Eve。

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Adam    Eve    Son    woman   

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