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
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
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
...there is truth in the remark. "without Tyndale[Bible translator], no Shakespeare"...
Prof. David Daniell, University College London
from The Bible in English
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
...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
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
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
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一個擔起別人所犯的罪行的人。
在舊約時代，不是任何人都可以進入會幕中的至圣所，只有那些被上帝選中的先知才有這樣的機會。如果先知進入至圣所，他需要進貢兩只山羊，一只作為自己贖罪的供物，另外一只用于代人受罪。代人受過的那只山羊能從死里逃脫，活生生地進貢到上帝跟前。先知將自己的兩只手按在代人受過的山羊的頭上，讓其承擔以色列人的一切罪過。隨后，先知必須將那只承載著他們的過失的山羊放逐到沙漠中。舊約中的替罪羊預表基督降臨，藉著基督的寶血救贖人的罪。 “Scapegoat”現在被賦予了另外一種含義。它不用來比喻人們能為自己的過失贖罪，而是代表一個擔起別人所犯的罪行的人。
A prime minister made a scape goat of the minister for health. 衛生部部長成為了總理的替罪羊。
NIV official site
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英語中許多習語都源於聖經,比如"two edged sword(雙刃劍)","an eye for an eye(以眼還眼)",學習這些成語故事不但有趣,而且還能擴大你的詞彙量,點擊這裡學習更多的成語故事吧
