Jeremy 耶利米

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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

Jeremy 耶利米

图片说明： Rembrandt van Rijn – Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem
图片版权： public domain

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耶利米书

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耶利米起源于希伯来名字יִרְמְיָהוּ (Yirmiyahu),在中世纪英语为Jeremiah，意思为“上帝必释放，上帝必抬举”。在旧约圣经中，耶利米是位先知。他预言巴比伦将要入侵耶路撒冷。但是由于统治者的不信任，他被关进监狱；在巴比伦人占领了以色列后耶利米获释放。巴比伦人善待他，甚至让他自己选择居住之地。耶利米是《耶利米记》的作者；一般认为他写成了《耶利米哀歌》。

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