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
Turn the other cheek 다른 쪽 뺨도 돌려 대다. (마태복음 5:38-39)
그림설명: David 그림 저작권:
성경구절
“But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.” “나는 너희에게 이르노니 악한 자를 대적하지 말라 누구든지 네 오른편 뺨을 치거든 왼편도 돌려 대며.” (마태복음 5: 39)
뜻
다른 쪽 뺨까지 돌려 댄다는 이미 용서를 했다라는 의미입니다.
기원과 적용
“Beatitudes” 산에서 예수님이 하셨던 유명한 설교에서, 예수님은 산 꼭대기에서 군중들을 향해 “또 눈은 눈으로, 이는 이로 갚으라 하였다는 것을 너희가 들었으나, 나는 너희에게 이르노니 악한 자를 대적하지 말라. 누구든지 네 오른편 뺨을 치거든 왼편도 돌려 대라 (마태복음 5:38-39)” 라고 하셨습니다. 당신이 다른 쪽 뺨을 돌려댄다는 의미는 상대편이 당신을 공격하거나 상해를 입히더라도 당신이 겸손한 태도로 화를 내지 않으며 앙갚음을 하지 않는다는 것입니다. 나에게 해를 입힌 자를 용서하는 것은 다른 앙갖음이 올 것을 미리 방지하는 행위입니다. 그러나 앙갚음은 다른 복수나 앙갚음을 일으킵니다. 만약 당신이 다른 쪽 뺨을 돌려대면, 당신은 그 사람을 용서한다는 의미입니다.
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