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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

Mary 馬利亞

圖片說明: Mary and Jesus
圖片版權: Giovanni Dall’Orto / public domain

聖經經文

馬太福音1:16

意思

它來自於英語中的“Maria”, “Maria”來自拉丁語希臘名字Μαριαμ (Mariam) 和Μαρια (Maria),源自於希伯來名字מִרְיָם (Miryam)。馬利亞有多重意思,比如“海的苦味”,“反叛”以及“希望得到一個孩子”。 在新約中,以馬利亞為名的人中,最為著名的是耶穌的母親(馬太福音1:16)和抹大拉馬利亞(馬太福音27:56)。抹大拉馬利亞是耶穌的追隨者,見證基督被釘在十字架,並見證基督的複活。

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Jesus    Magdalene    Maria    Mary    virgin   

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