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1、InfluenceofBibleTranslationonEnglishLiteratureTheintroductionofthebibleTheHolyBibleisconsideredtobeanimportantsourceofwesternlanguagecultureaswellasaclassicalreligiousmasterpiece.Itnotonlyestablishedthepeople'sfaithinGod,andhelpedtobringabouttheformationofthewesterncountries'daily
2、convention,butalsohadtremendousinfluenceonitscarrier------language,especiallyEnglishlanguage.AlthoughtheHolyBiblewasfirstlywritteninHebrew,itsEnglishversionappearedseveralhundredyearsagoandhasbeenspreaduptonow.FromWycliffe'sfirstlytranslatingtheHolyBibleintoEnglishcompletelyin1382
3、tothelatestmodernEnglishAuthorizedKingJamesVersion,theinfluenceoftheHolyBibleonEnglishhasneverdiscontinued.Thecharacters,stories,fablesandproverbsintheHolyBiblearewellknowntoeveryoneinthewesterncountries.Theyarefrequentlyquotedinthedailyconversationsandtheliteraryworks.Thenalargen
4、umberofBible-relatedidioms,mottoes,allusions,propernounsandday-to-daywordsarose,andtheyhavebecomeimportantpartswidelyusedinEnglishlanguage.Atthesametime,theinfluenceoftheHolyBibleonEnglishlanguageintheBritishandAmericanliteraryworksisalsoquiteclear.WhyistheBiblesopopularandwide-sp
5、readintheEnglishworldandwhydoesitinfluenceanincreasingnumberofChristiansandnon-Christiansintheirliteraturecreation?IthinkthisismeaningfulandnecessarytodiscussbecauseitcanhelpusmakegooduseoftheBibleinourculturalcommunicationandliteraturecreation. Therearethreemainreasonstoexplainth
6、equestionabove.First,theBiblemakesalargeinfluenceontheEnglishpeopleandtheirlives.Thestatisticof70%peoplebelievinginChristianityshowsthatEnglishpeople’lifeishighlyrelatedtotheBible.TheyreadtheBible,gotothechurchandprayeveryweek.Therefore,theBibleexistseverywhereintheirwork.Second,E
7、nglishlanguageisbasedonEnglishculturewhichtheBibleplaysasignificantrolein.Languageresearcherssaythatonelanguageisusuallybasedononeculture.Accordingtothistheory,wecanseetheBibleexistseverywhereintheirlanguage.Third,theBiblehasalargevocabularydescribingloveandtolerance.Asweknow,theB
8、iblepreachesloveandtolerance,andt
