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: First fruits 그림 저작권: V. Gilbert and Arlisle F. Beers
성경구절
“All the land’s first fruits that they bring to the Lord will be yours. Everyone in your household who is ceremonially clean may eat it.” “그들이 여호와께 드리는 그 땅의 처음 익은 모든 열매는 네 것이니 네 집에서 정결한 자마다 먹을 것이라.”
뜻
첫 수확.
기원과 적용
첫 열매는 고대시대에 처음 수확물로써 추수되어진 것들을 하나님께 감사의 제물로 드려졌던 것입니다. 첫 열매를 하나님께 드린다는 의미는 신앙심을 나타냅니다. 하나님께서 모세와 동시대에 살았던 선지자인 아론에게 약속하셨습니다, “그들이 여호와께 드리는 그 땅의 처음 익은 모든 열매는 네 것이니 네 집에서 정결한 자마다 먹을 것이라”. 오늘날 첫 열매는 어떤 일이나 사업의 첫 성취물을 의미합니다.
예시
Although the MTR Corp (0066) still relies on property income to sustain its bottom line, it has tasted the first fruits of the rail merger while trying to export decades of railway operation experience, particularly to the mainland. 비록 MTR (0066) 회사가 여전히 그들의 기업이익을 유지하기 위해 재산소득에 의지할찌라도, 수년간의 선로운영 경험을 토대로 특별히 본토로 수출하기 위해 노력하는 기간동안 그들은 철도 합병을 통해 첫 소득을 맛봤다. 2008년 3월 17일, The Standard
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!
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