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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

Mark of Cain 罪恶的本性(创世记 4:15)

图片说明: Cain
图片版权: V.

圣经经文

Then the LORD put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him. (Genesis 4:15) “耶和華就給該隱立一個記號、免得人遇見他就殺他。” (创世记 4:15)

意思

“Mark of Cain”现在形容人罪恶的本性。

来源及应用

亚当和夏娃的长子隐杀害了他弟弟亚伯。这是圣经中记载的第一宗谋杀。亚伯的血肉在地底下对上帝哭泣,上帝听到了,便诅咒该隐——“你种地,地不再给你效力,你必须流离飘荡在地上。” 该隐十分惧怕会因为自己犯下了罪而被其他人杀死。于是,上帝就在该隐身上做了一个记号,免得遇见他的人杀他。

例句

I have the mark of Cain on my forehead. 我的罪性仿佛刻在额头上。

Keywords

Abel    Cain    guilt    mark    shame   

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