The kiss of death注定失敗或變糟糕的事（馬太福音 26：49）

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

The kiss of death注定失敗或變糟糕的事（馬太福音 26：49）

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聖經經文

“Going at once to Jesus, Judas said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed him.” 耶稣对他说，朋友，你来要作的事，就作吧。于是那些人上前，下手拿住耶稣。（马太福音 26：49）

意思

A kiss of death用來表示具有破壞性影響的事情。例如，政治丑聞對政治家來說就是A kiss of death。

來源及應用

耶穌被他的門徒猶大出賣了。猶大以親吻耶穌為暗示,令士兵認出耶穌,并逮捕了他。猶大的吻成了死亡之吻，將耶穌逮捕并釘在十字架上。

例句

A political scandal is a kiss of death to politicians. 政治丑闻对政治家来说是致命的一击。

Keywords

betrayal death Judas kiss

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The kiss of death注定失敗或變糟糕的事（馬太福音 26：49）

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