Birthright 生有权(创世记 25:33)

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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

Birthright 生有权(创世记 25:33)

图片说明： Esau and Jacob presented to Isaac.
图片版权： Benjamin West / public domain

圣经经文

意思

Birthright 表示与生俱来的特权。

来源及应用

在犹太家庭中，生有权是一种可以保证长子继承两倍于其他兄弟的遗产的权利。这种权利之所以叫生有权是因为长子在出生之际便拥有了这种特权。以撒的妻子利百加生下有两名孩子——雅各和以扫，他们还在利百加的腹中就争着出生。最后以扫出生在先，雅各成为了弟弟。但雅各没有停止过争夺哥哥的生有权。一天，以扫打猎回来觉饿，请求雅各给他些红汤喝。雅各借此机会要求哥哥用生有权来交换食物，以扫由于太过饥饿，唯有依从了。

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birthright Esau inborn Isaac Jacob privilege

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