There is nothing new under the sun 日光之下並無新事（傳道書1：9）

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

There is nothing new under the sun 日光之下並無新事（傳道書1：9）

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“日光之下並無新事。（传道书第一章第9节）

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你可能已聽說過這樣的說法-日光之下並無新事，但是你可能不知道是誰寫下了這參透人生的話語。作者是所羅門王，以色列國王大衛的兒子，一個滿有智慧的以色列國王。在他的晚年，他寫下了流傳千古的名句，并載入圣經舊約的箴言以及傳道書。所羅門之所以知名乃因為他擁有無比的智慧和無數的妃子。在他的時代里，沒有一個國王可以超越他的智慧。這也為他帶來了無數金銀，都是鄰國國王們為求問他的智慧而獻上的。他也很喜歡娶那些拜偶像的異國女人為妃子。當他漸漸年邁，經歷成敗之后，他寫下了一代廣為流傳的名句：“日光之下並無新事。”

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