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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

After one’s heart 称心如意 (撒母尔记上 第13章第14节)

图片说明： David
图片版权： V. Gilbert and Arlisle F. Beers

圣经经文

“the Lord has sought out a man after his own heart and appointed him leader of his people…”(1 Samuel 13:14) “上帝已经寻到一个合他心意的人，并打算立此人作为百姓的君主……”（中文和合本）

意思

一个after your heart (符合你心意)的人就是和你有着一样的想法与意愿的人。

来源及应用

扫罗在成为君主时年仅30岁。当时上帝派先知撒母尔把他按立为王。扫罗在位期间没有完全遵照上帝的意旨行事，有时会按照自己的意愿而行。撒母尔严厉地斥责了扫罗，并预言他的王位很快将被取代，因为上帝已经找到了一为合祂心意(after his heart)的人，并且即将任命此人为以色列的新君主。这人就是后来名诵千古的大卫王。

例句

He is a friend after my own heart. 他是我的知音。

Keywords

David    friend    heart    Saul   

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