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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现在我们用 part the water喻作执行风险极大的任务。
摩西获上帝所拣选，带领以色列人逃出埃及的先知。当以色列人还在回家途中时，埃及法老改变了主意，决定派遣军队追捕在红海边安营扎寨的以色列人。上帝获悉此事后，命令摩西向著红海举起杖，将海水分开。以色列人穿过红海，走在干地上，最终成功脱逃。当埃及军队到达红海时，摩西再向著红海举起杖，这时洪水涌至，令全体埃及军队葬身于红海，无一幸存。
Moving through the crowd in a congested pedestrian is like parting the water. 在拥挤的街道上行走真的举步维艰。
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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。
