Land of Nod 梦乡(创世记 4:16)

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

Land of Nod 梦乡(创世记 4:16)

图片说明： Cain kills Abel
图片版权： V. Gilbert and Arlisle F. Beers

圣经经文

”He went out from the Lord’s presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.” (Genesis 4:16) 他离开耶和华的面，去住在伊甸东边挪得之地。(创世记 4:16)

意思

梦乡

来源及应用

哪里是挪得之地呢？Nod（挪得）在希伯来的原意是“流浪”，后来它逐渐用于形容人睡眠状态的名词，比如“nod off（打盹）”。例如，he is in the land of Nod意旨他睡著了。在古代，人们相信睡眠正是流浪到另一个世界的表现，这个概念也一直留存至今。

例句

A boring lecture drives people to the land of Nod. 这堂课闷得让人走进梦乡。

Keywords

Cain Nod sleep

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