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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

Heap coals of fire on his head將炭火堆在他的頭上(以德報怨) (《箴言》25 :22)

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“In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the Lord will reward you.” (Proverbs 25:22) “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.” (Romans 12:20) “你這樣做,將炭火堆在他的頭上,那麼耶和華就會獎賞你。”(《箴言》25章22節) “如果你的敵人處於饑餓中,那你就給他吃的;如果他渴了,那你就給他喝的。這樣做,你就會將炭火堆在他的頭上。”(《羅馬書》12章20節)

意思

以德報怨。

來源及應用

這個習語在《箴言》中第一次出現,隨后被《羅馬書》中的使徒保羅引用。保羅請求我們去愛我們的敵人,以德服惡。這樣,我們就是將煤堆在他人的頭上。 關于這個成語的起源還有很多的說法。一些人認為這個起源來自埃及的一個古老習俗,犯人通過將煤放在頭上來懺悔他們的罪過。 另一個說法源自古游牧民靠火取暖的習俗。如果煤在早上熄滅,人們就被迫去向他們的鄰居求煤來取暖。古代人將一滿碗的煤放在頭頂上,因此就有這種說法:“將煤放在他們的頭上。”

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Keywords

coal    enemy    evil    good    return   

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