Pilgrim's Progress
The Bible and its influence on Western culture
INTRODUCTION The Bible not only has had a great influence on Western culture, including Western literature, but also has been considered a work of high literary quality in its own right, both in its original language and in translation. So it is not surprising that a survey of the Bible and its influence is often considered an important part of an English language or literature curriculum. Bible is more than a religious book. Reflecting most extensively western ideas and culture, the bible is really an encyclopedia. All in one, it is history, it is literature, it is record of great minds. It has left an enormous influence on the human race. Over the ages, writers have loved to mine the Bible’s narrative riches, taking a Bible story and retelling it in a new form: a long novel, a stage play, a musical, an opera, or a screenplay.
ChapterⅠ A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE BIBLE The Bible is a book that can be found almost anywhere on the earth. It has been translated into more than 2000 different languages and dialects. It is also the world 's most popular book. Every year more copies of the Bible are sold than any other publication, and the number of sales is increasing. The Bible is one of the world 's oldest books. Its oldest sections were written about 1500 years before the birth of Christ. Even its newest sections were written about 1900 years ago. Clearly, then, having been written over a period of about 1600 years, the Bible was not written by one person. No one knows precisely how many people contributed to the Bible. It is estimated there were about forty authors. One of the most important facts about the Bible is that those who wrote it did not claim to be the source of the ideas they wrote about. Sometimes directly, sometimes indirectly, the authors assert that what they were writing really came from
INTRODUCTION The Bible not only has had a great influence on Western culture, including Western literature, but also has been considered a work of high literary quality in its own right, both in its original language and in translation. So it is not surprising that a survey of the Bible and its influence is often considered an important part of an English language or literature curriculum. Bible is more than a religious book. Reflecting most extensively western ideas and culture, the bible is really an encyclopedia. All in one, it is history, it is literature, it is record of great minds. It has left an enormous influence on the human race. Over the ages, writers have loved to mine the Bible’s narrative riches, taking a Bible story and retelling it in a new form: a long novel, a stage play, a musical, an opera, or a screenplay.
ChapterⅠ A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE BIBLE The Bible is a book that can be found almost anywhere on the earth. It has been translated into more than 2000 different languages and dialects. It is also the world 's most popular book. Every year more copies of the Bible are sold than any other publication, and the number of sales is increasing. The Bible is one of the world 's oldest books. Its oldest sections were written about 1500 years before the birth of Christ. Even its newest sections were written about 1900 years ago. Clearly, then, having been written over a period of about 1600 years, the Bible was not written by one person. No one knows precisely how many people contributed to the Bible. It is estimated there were about forty authors. One of the most important facts about the Bible is that those who wrote it did not claim to be the source of the ideas they wrote about. Sometimes directly, sometimes indirectly, the authors assert that what they were writing really came from
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