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: Hair 그림 저작권: V. Gilbert and Arlisle F. Beers
성경구절
“Among all these soldiers there were seven hundred chosen men who were left-handed, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.” “이 모든 백성 중에서 택한 칠백명은 다 왼손잡이라 물매로 돌을 던지면 조금도 틀림이 없는 자들이더라.”
뜻
매우 작은 공간이나 짧은 거리
기원과 적용
이것은 “모두 함께 일어남” 이란 이야기에서 나왔습니다. 이스라엘의 한 첩이 벤자민 지역에서 강간당한 후 이스라엘의 모든 부족들이 벤자민 부족과 대항하기 위해 모였습니다. 이스라엘 사람들은 벤자민 사람들에게 승복하기를 요구했으나, 그들은 듣지 않았습니다. 즉시, 벤자민 부족들은 이만 육천의 군인들을 소집했고, 그들 중에 물매로 돌을 정확하게 던질 칠백 명의 실력 좋은 사람들을 뽑았습니다. 간발의 차의 의미는 매우 작은 공간이나 짧은 거리를 의미합니다. 보통 어떤 사람이 타겟을 아슬하게 놓치거나 경주에서 지면, 이렇게 말하곤 합니다, “나는 간발의 차로 놓쳤어.”
예시
The gang escaped the police at a hair’s breadth. 그 폭력배는 경찰에게서 간발의 차로 도망나왔습니다.
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.