Simon 西门

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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

Simon 西门

图片说明： Simon of Cyrene carrying Jesus’ cross
图片版权： V. Gilbert and Arlisle F. Beers

圣经经文

马太福音4:18

意思

西门的名字来自希伯来语，意思是“他听到”或“听见”。在新约圣经中，西门是使徒彼得原先的名字。马太福音中记载，耶稣有一个名叫西门的兄弟。在新约圣经另一个故事中（马太26:6），在伯大尼患麻疯病的西门家中，有一个女人拿着一瓶极贵的香膏，趁耶稣坐席的时候，浇在他的头上。在耶稣被带去钉十字架的路上，士兵们遇见一个古利奈人，也名叫西门，士兵就着他同去背着耶稣的十字架。

性别

男

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Keywords

apostle Bethany brother Cyrene Jesus Peter Simon

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