Birthright 生有權(創世記 25:33)

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

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

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

...there is truth in the remark. "without Tyndale[Bible translator], no Shakespeare"...

Prof. David Daniell, University College London
from The Bible in English

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

...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

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

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

Birthright 生有權(創世記 25:33)

圖片說明： Esau and Jacob presented to Isaac.
圖片版權： Benjamin West / public domain

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Birthright 表示與生俱來的特權。

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在猶太家庭中，生有權是一種可以保證長子繼承兩倍于其他兄弟的遺產的權利。這種權利之所以叫生有權是因為長子在出生之際便擁有了這種特權。以撒的妻子利百加生下有兩名孩子——雅各和以掃，他們還在利百加的腹中就爭著出生。最后以掃出生在先，雅各成為了弟弟。但雅各沒有停止過爭奪哥哥的生有權。一天，以掃打獵回來覺餓，請求雅各給他些紅湯喝。雅各借此機會要求哥哥用生有權來交換食物，以掃由于太過饑餓，唯有依從了。

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