Simon 西門

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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

Simon 西門

圖片說明： Simon of Cyrene carrying Jesus’ cross
圖片版權： V. Gilbert and Arlisle F. Beers

聖經經文

馬太福音4:18

意思

西門的名字來自希伯來語，意思是“他聽到”或“聽見”。在新約聖經中，西門是使徒彼得原先的名字。馬太福音中記載，耶穌有一個名叫西門的兄弟。在新約聖經另一個故事中（馬太26:6），在伯大尼患痲瘋病的西門家中，有一個女人拿著一瓶極貴的香膏，趁耶穌坐席的時候，澆在他的頭上。在耶穌被帶去釘十字架的路上，士兵們遇見一個古利奈人，也名叫西門，士兵就著他同去背著耶穌的十字架。

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apostle Bethany brother Cyrene Jesus Peter Simon

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