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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

Salt of the earth 社会栋梁 (马太福音5:13) (English Version)

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圣经经文

“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.” (Matthew 5:13) “你们是世上的盐。盐若失了味,怎能叫它再咸呢?以后无用,不过丢在外面,被人践踏了。” (马太福音5:13)

意思

社会栋梁。

来源及应用

这个短语来自耶稣的「登山宝训」。盐在圣经中有其特殊的意义。它是一种添味的佐料,能调和食物的口感,故圣经用「盐」来比喻和谐。耶稣说:「盐本是好的,若失了味,可用什么叫它再咸呢?你们里头应当有盐,彼此和睦。」(马克福音9:50) 自从圣经翻译家威克里夫的英译本里出现了「salt of the earth」之后,这个短语便植入西方文学中。《坎特伯利故事集》的作者George Chaucer和George Bernard Shaw都在他们的文学作品里引用了这个习语。滚石乐队用一首名为「salt of the earth」的歌颂扬平民英雄。

例句

Keywords

earth    salt   

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