The paper tries its best to illustrate the fact that the Authorized Version of the Bible is by far the greatest gem of literary art of all the works in the history of English literature, and that it has exerted no sma...The paper tries its best to illustrate the fact that the Authorized Version of the Bible is by far the greatest gem of literary art of all the works in the history of English literature, and that it has exerted no small influence upon the written and spoken language of the Englishspeaking peoples. A large number of idiomatic expressions, sayings, allusions, etc. come from the Bible directly and indirectrly. Hence, there is no better key to the understanding of English literature in all its epochs than a competent knowledge of the Bible.展开更多
文摘The paper tries its best to illustrate the fact that the Authorized Version of the Bible is by far the greatest gem of literary art of all the works in the history of English literature, and that it has exerted no small influence upon the written and spoken language of the Englishspeaking peoples. A large number of idiomatic expressions, sayings, allusions, etc. come from the Bible directly and indirectrly. Hence, there is no better key to the understanding of English literature in all its epochs than a competent knowledge of the Bible.
