文档介绍：The Influence of Bible on English Culture
1. Introduction
In western countries, Christianity is the main type of religion. With the world
widely spread, Christianity acts an enormous impact on western culture. The influence
of the Bible is world-wide. Its mighty power has affected every department of human
activity. The contents of the Scriptures have supplied themes for the greatest poets,
artists and musicians, and have been the mightiest factor of all in shaping the moral
progress of the race. Let us consider a few examples of the Bible’s influence as
displayed in the various realms of human enterprise. This article expounds the
influence of the Bible on the English culture from several aspects.
2. A general study of Bible
Knowledge of the Bible is a prerequisite to understand English culture.
What exactly Bible is?
The explanation in the encyclopedia is “Bible, term used since the fourth century
to denote the Christian Scriptures and later, by extension, those of various religious
traditions. This article discusses the nature of religious scripture generally and the
Christian Scriptures specifically, as well as the history of the translation of the Bible
into English. For the composition and the canon of the Hebrew and Christian Bible,
see Old Testament; New Testament; Apocrypha.”
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The history of how Bible created
Christianity started in the middle of the 1st century AD, it originated from the
earliest religion which Hebrew established of the world—Judaism, the Christianity
admitted and continued to use Judaism’s religion idea, and developed it on this
foundation. Except accepting Jehovah as God, the Christianity also believes Savior is
the name of God’s son, a name of Jesus Christ who was sent by God to save the
people. Christians take the words recorded that how Christianity spread and develop
into the New Testamen