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
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橄榄枝成为了和平与复和的标志。
在挪亚的时代，上帝降下了一场持续了四十天的大洪水摧毁了所有没有和挪亚一起躲进方舟中的生灵。又过了一百五十天，大水仍没有退去。挪亚先是放出了一只乌鸦去试探水位的高低。乌鸦飞来飞去也找不到一根落脚的树枝。接着诺亚又放出了一只鸽子，鸽子同样找不到一根落脚的树枝。七天后，挪亚再一次放出鸽子，这次鸽子带回了橄榄枝。这是个家喻户晓的故事，橄榄枝后来亦成为了和平与复和的标志。因为它昭示着洪水之后，上帝与人类修复关系。 在瑞典的诺贝尔奖博物馆中，诺贝尔和平奖的标志就以橄榄枝代表。
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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。
