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
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
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
...there is truth in the remark. "without Tyndale[Bible translator], no Shakespeare"...
Prof. David Daniell, University College London
from The Bible in English
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
...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
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
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
图片说明： John the Baptist preaches
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马太福音 3：1
这名字源自拉丁文Johannes和希腊名Ιωαννης(Ioannes)，而希臘名則源于希伯来名יוֹחָנָן (Yochanan)被英文化後成為约翰。它具有”上帝是仁慈的”的含义。在新约圣经中，有两个著名的人物以約翰為名－施洗约翰和使徒约翰。前者是先知，基督耶稣來世前施洗约翰為人施洗。为了尽诸般的义，耶稣要约翰为他洗礼。后者是耶稣最年轻的门徒，在他流亡时写了约翰福音和启示录。
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apostle Book of Revelation disciple exile Jesus John the Baptist
NIV official site
Chinese Bible (???)
英语中许多习语都源于圣经，比如"Two edged sword 双刃剑","an eye for an eye 以眼还眼"，学习这些成语故事不但有趣，而且还能扩大你的词汇量。点击这里学习更多的成语故事吧。
