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1、TheInfluencesofBibleonEnglishCulture1.IntroductionInwesterncountries,Christianityisthemaintypeofreligion.Withtheworldwidelyspread,Christianityactsanenormousimpactonwesternculture.TheinfluencesoftheBibleareworld-wide.Itsmightypowerhasaffectedeverydepartmentofhumanactivity.Theconten
2、tsoftheScriptureshavesuppliedthemesforthegreatestpoets,artistsandmusicians,andhavebeenthemightiestfactorofallinshapingthemoralprogressoftherace.LetusconsiderafewexamplesoftheBible’sinfluencesasdisplayedinthevariousrealmsofhumanenterprise.ThisarticleexpoundstheinfluencesoftheBibleo
3、ntheEnglishculturefromseveralaspects.2.AgeneralstudyoftheBibleKnowledgeoftheBibleisaprerequisitetounderstandEnglishculture.WhatexactlyTheBibleis?Theexplanationintheencyclopediais“Bible,termusedsincethefourthcenturytodenotetheChristianScripturesandlater,byextension,thoseofvariousre
4、ligioustraditions.ThisarticlediscussesthenatureofreligiousscripturegenerallyandtheChristianScripturesspecifically,aswellasthehistoryofthetranslationoftheBibleintoEnglish.ForthecompositionandthecanonoftheHebrewandChristianBible,seeOldTestament;NewTestament;Apocrypha.”202.1Thehistor
5、yofhowtheBiblecreatedChristianitystartedinthemiddleofthe1stcenturyAD,itoriginatedfromtheearliestreligionwhichHebrewestablishedoftheworld—Judaism,theChristianityadmittedandcontinuedtouseJudaism’sreligionidea,anddevelopeditonthisfoundation.ExceptacceptingJehovahasGod,theChristianity
6、alsobelievesSavioristhenameofGod’sson,anameofJesusChristwhowassentbyGodtosavethepeople.ChristianstakethewordsrecordedthathowChristianityspreadanddevelopintotheNewTestament.ThecombinationoftheNewTestamentandthescriptureofJudaism”O(jiān)ldTestament”becamethesacredwritingsofChristianity—“H
7、olyBible”.During4thcenturyAD,theRomanEmpire’sConstantinemadetheChristianityasthenation’sreligion,sincethat,ChristianitystartedtospreadallovertheEuropeanarea.PopeDamascusIassembledthefirstlistofbooksoftheBibleattheCouncilofRomein382AD.HecommissionedSaintJerometoproduceareliableandc
8、onsistenttextbytranslatingtheorig
