A happy heart is the best medicine 喜乐的心是良药（箴言17:22

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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

A happy heart is the best medicine 喜乐的心是良药（箴言17:22

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圣经经文

“A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones” (Proverbs 17:22)

意思

喜乐的心是良药。

来源及应用

医学研究证明喜乐的心情可以加快康复的速度，尤其是对癌症患者。而这一说法对于圣经的读者并不陌生。因为在圣经的箴言中早已提及：“喜乐的心，乃是良药。忧伤的灵，使骨干枯。” 这一诗节常出现在鼓励病人的文章中。我在医院里的院牧服侍时，发现当患者们处于人生的低潮，会从这一节诗中找到安慰和鼓励。

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