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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

A little bird told me 隔牆有耳(傳導書 10:20)

圖片說明: Bird
圖片版權: V. Gilbert and Arlisle F. Beers

聖經經文

“Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich in your bedroom, because a bird of the air may carry your words, and a bird on the wing may report what you say.” “你不可咒詛君王,也不可心懷此念,在你臥室也不可咒詛富戶,因為空中的鳥必傳揚這聲音;有翅膀的也必述說這事。 ”(傳導書 10:20)

意思

來源及應用

這個說法來自所羅門王后期所著的傳道書,提醒我們要謹慎言語,因為我們所說的話極有可能暗中被人收聽,猶如藉著鴿子通風報信。 “A Little Bird Told Me”也是一首歌的名字。這首歌由Harvey O. Brooks所寫且于1947年面世,在2008年被Head & Shoulders的一個英國商業廣告采用。

例句

Jane: How did you know that I am pregnant?Tina: A little bird told me. Jane:你怎知道我懷孕了?Tina: 一只小鳥告訴我。

Keywords

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