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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

Throw the first stone扔第一块石头 (约翰福音 8:3)

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圣经经文

“If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.” (John 8:3) “他们还是不住的问他 、耶稣就直起腰来 、对他们说 、 你们中间谁是没有罪 的 、谁就可以先拿石头打他 。” (约翰福音 8:3)

意思

扔第一块石头是很快的指责或者评判某人的错误

来源及应用

“扔第一块石头”是新约约翰福音中的故事。那些文士(scribes)和伪君子因为嫉妒,常常在人群面前考验耶稣。一天,他们把一个因为通奸被抓的女人带到耶稣面前,说,“大师,这个女人在通奸的时候被抓,摩西在法律中指示我们,这样的罪人应该被扔石头。那么你怎么说?”他们原以为这样他们就可以谴责他。但是耶稣对他们说:“你們中間誰是沒有罪的 、誰就可以先拿石頭打她 。”听到耶稣说的话,这些人意识到他们的罪过,就從老到少一個一個的都出去了 ,只剩下耶穌一人、還有那婦人仍然站在當中。

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Keywords

sin    stone    throw    woman   

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