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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

Samson 力量之源(士师记13)

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意思

来源及应用

在旧约时代,有个叫做参孙的大力士,他的头发给了他如公牛般力气,但没人知道这个气力的真正来源。直到有一天,他的爱人黛利拉背叛他,把这个秘密告诉了娘家,同时也是参孙的敌人非利士人。于是,非利士人等到参孙熟睡时剃去他的七绺头发,使得他毫无力气,并剜了他的双眼,用铜链铐住她的手脚,把他送进牢中。这时,参孙的头发慢慢地长出来了,他也恢复了力气。为了报复和雪耻,他摧毁了非利士人的宴会厅,与他的敌人同归于尽。 参孙的力大无穷在历史上留下了印记。“参孙的柱”(Samson post)意为“起重柱”,即支撑着甲板上的梁柱或运送导向块的坚固柱子。“参孙的头发”(Samson’s hair)则成为一些织发中心的品牌名称。如果你说某某是参孙,你是在夸他力量非凡。

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Keywords

Delilah    hair    Samson    strength   

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