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
그림설명: The Israelites were free to leave. 그림 저작권: V. Gilbert and Arlisle F. Beers
성경구절
뜻
“출애굽”이란 의미는 수 많은 그룹의 사람들이 탈출하는 것을 의미한다.
기원과 적용
이스라엘 민족은 이집트(애굽)에서 종살이하며 역경속에 있었습니다. 그들의 어려움을 보시고, 하나님께서는 이집트의 바로왕이 이스라엘 민족을 풀어주기를 바라며 여러가지 재앙으로 이집트 땅을 치셨습니다. 그러나 바로왕의 마음은 강철처럼 단단했습니다. 마지막 수단으로 하나님께서는 유월절 기간에 모든 이집트 가정의 첫번째 태어난 아이를 치셨습니다. 이집트인들과 이스라엘 사람들을 구별하시기 위해, 하나님께서는 이스라엘 사람들에게 그들의 문설주에 양의 피를 바르라고 말씀하셨는데 그렇게 하면 그들은 재앙에서 면할 수 있었습니다. 이집트의 모든 첫번째 태어난 아이들이 죽은 것을 보고 바로왕은 이스라엘 민족을 출애굽 시키는 것 밖에는 방법이 없었습니다. 마침내, 이스라엘 민족은 이집트인으로부터 자유롭게 됐고 함께 그 땅을 떠났습니다.
예시
An exodus of nurses will not compromise the hospital’s ability to cope with patients, says the health minister. 보건부 장관이 말했다. 간호사들의 이탈은 병원이 환자들을 대처하는 역량에 영향을 미치지 않을 것 입니다.
A lot of phrases, such as "two-edged sword" and " an eye for an eye", are taken from the English Bible. Learning the stories behind these idioms is fun, and can help boost your vocabulary. Click here to find out now!
Common names such as Joseph and Rachel have their origins in the Bible. Want to know their stories before picking the right name for yourself? Click here to find out.