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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

Fly in the ointment 옥의 티 (전도서 10:1)

그림설명: 
그림 저작권: 

성경구절

“As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.” “죽은 파리들이 향기름을 악취가 나게 만드는 것 같이 적은 우매가 지혜와 존귀를 난처하게 만드느니라.”

성공되어지는 것들을 멈추게 하거나 계획을 뒤집는 것들은 아주 작은 문제들 때문입니다.

기원과 적용

파리 한 마리가 향수 병 안에 들어갔을 때, 그 파리는 향수의 향을 온전히 즐길 수 없게 끔 망쳐버립니다.

예시

His jumpy career history turned out to be the fly in the ointment when he applied for a job. 그의 조마조마한 경력은 그가 직장을 구할 때, 옥의 티로 판명났다.

Keywords

fly    ointment    problem    spoil   

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