Hannah 哈拿

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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

Hannah 哈拿

圖片說明： Hannah praying for a son
圖片版權： V. Gilbert and Arlisle F. Beers

聖經經文

撒母耳記1：2

意思

這個名字來自於希伯來名字חַנָּה (Channah)，它有幾個意思，包括“喜愛”、“恩惠”、“漂亮”和“熱情”。舊約裡《撒母耳記》裡有記載，哈拿是以利加拿的妻子，她沒能力為丈夫生孩子。她向上帝祈禱賜予她一個兒子並且承諾她會讓兒子終身歸於耶和華。上帝實現了她的祈求，哈拿也應許了自己的諾言。她的兒子後來成為先知撒母耳。

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beauty Elkanah favour grace Hannah passion prayer Samuel

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