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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

Labour of love爱的徒劳 (帖撒罗尼加前书 1:3 KJV)

图片说明: Thessalonica
图片版权: V.

圣经经文

“Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father” (1 Thessalonians 1:3 KJV) “在神我们的父面前,不住地记念你们因信心所做的工夫,因爱心所受的劳苦,因盼望我们主耶稣基督所存的忍耐。”(帖撒罗尼加前书 1:3)

意思

“Labour of love”意为不期待物质上的报酬而自觉去做的工作。

来源及应用

在钦定版圣经(KJV圣经)中出现的短语“Labour of love”,在新国际版圣经(NIV圣经中)被翻译为“work prompted by love”。保罗写下这些文字是为了感谢帖撒罗尼迦教会和帖撒罗尼迦众弟兄姐妹的爱心支持。帖撒罗尼迦现在是希腊的第二大城市。

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Keywords

Greece    labour    love    Paul    support    thessalonica   

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