文档介绍：A brief introduction of the relationship between Bible and Western culture
Abstract:Bible is a historical book to record the history of the ancient Hebrews development as the main content , not only that, as a Christian classic, the Bible which is also full of the extremely profound philosophic thoughts, has the extremely profound influence on the development of Western culture.
Key Words:Bible Western culture influence
1、General background
The main contents of the Bible is the law, rules and orders, the nation of Israel, each period in the history of the prophets, all kinds of epic, song, love this vast and broad space, a religious epic included stories, allusions, of Biblical literature has been wrote from the beginning of missionary work in Rome . It relates to the myth, legend, ancient history, system, law, customs and ethics. It is a cover and contains everything of ancient culture believes that the Bible is not only the literature or not only a . Many people often only thought the Bible as propaganda and Christian religious books, while ignoring its cultural and literary influence .The Bible play an extremely important role in the western society and culture and it became one of the major cultural characteristics of Western the teachings of Jesus and Paul, we see that the Old Testament Laws - circu