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
“Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance.” “보라 그에게 열방이 통의 한 방울 물과 같고 저울의 작은 티끌 같으며”
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거의 효과가 없는 아주 작은 양
기원과 적용
히스기야왕이 통치하던 시대에 이사야는 남 이스라엘 유다의 선지자였습니다. 히스기야의 궁은 은, 금, 향료, 보배로운 기름과 무기고에 있는 많은 물건들과 같은 부와 보물들로 가득 차 있었습니다. 이사야는 성안에 있는 이 모든 보물들이 한 날에 바벨론왕이 통치권을 취하므로 그땅으로 옮겨질 것이라고 예언했습니다. 그 나라가 가진 모든 것이라도 모든 것을 아시고 모든 것을 아우르시는 전능하신 하나님과 비교해 본다면 그들은 통의 한 방울 물과 같습니다.
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The scholarship is so small it is like a drop in the bucket in comparison to his tuition fees. 그 장학금은 그의 학비와 비교해 봤을 때 너무 작아서 마치 통의 한 방울 물과 같다.
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.