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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

Alpha and Omega 始末(启示录 1:8)

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圣经经文

“I am the Alpha and the Omega who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.” 上帝说:“我是阿拉法,我是,是昔在今在以后永在的全能者。” (启示录 1:8)

意思

“Alpha and Omega”指的就是事物的始末。

来源及应用

“Alpha”(阿拉法)和“Omega”(俄梅戛)都是希腊字母。“Alpha”是希腊字母表的第一个,而“Omega”是最后一个。“Alpha and Omega”意为整个范围。上帝说:“我是阿拉法,我是,是昔在今在以后永在的全能者。” (启示录 1:8)

例句

The alpha and omega of a student movement. 学生运动的始末。

Keywords

Alpha    begin    end    Omega   

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