How are the mighty fallen 용사가 엎드러졌도다 (사무엘하 1:19)

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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

How are the mighty fallen 용사가 엎드러졌도다 (사무엘하 1:19)

성경구절

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이 표현은 유명하고 중요한 위치의 누군가가 망하는 것을 흡족하게 바라보거나 꽤 만족스러워 하는 것을 말합니다.

기원과 적용

이스라엘의 위대한 왕 다윗은 그의 가장 친한 친구였던 조나단의 아버지이자 전임 왕이였던 사울의 죽음을 애도하면서 소리쳤습니다, “큰 용사가 엎드러졌도다”. 사울은 이스라엘의 왕으로써 주님께 기름부음을 받았지만, (왕으로 임명 받았지만) 그는 점점 주님의 길에서 벗어난 행동을 했습니다. 그는 질투심으로 인해 여러번 다윗을 죽이려고 했습니다. 결국, 그는 팔레스타인 전투에서 그의 세 명의 아들과 함께 죽었습니다.

예시

Jane: One of the directors of our company was forced to resign after he had been charged by the police. Tina: How are the mighty fallen! 제인: 우리 회사의 어떤 지도자가 경찰에 의해 검거된 이후에 회사로부터 사임할 것을 강요받았어. 티나: 큰 용사가 엎드러졌구나!

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How are the mighty fallen 용사가 엎드러졌도다 (사무엘하 1:19)

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