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1、徐静BibleAsLiterature英文学院09级6班0901010617October7th，20111.WhatisBibleasliterature?Beforestudyingtheteacher’scoursedocuments,IthinkBibleisjustathickbookwithalotofshortChristianstories.ButnowIstarttoregarditasliterature.Firstly,theideaoftheBibleasliteraturebe
2、ganwiththeBibleitself.Thewritersrefertoawholerangeofliterarygenresinwhichtheywrite:proverb,saying,chronicle,complaint,oracle,apocalypse,parable,song,epistle,andmanyothers.Secondly,someoftheseformscorrespondtotheliteraryformsintheauthors'surroundingcultur
3、es.Forexample,theTenCommandmentsarecastintheformofthesuzeraintytreatiesthatancientNearEasternkingsimposedontheirsubjects,andtheNTepistlesshowmanyaffinitiestothestructureofGreekandRomanlettersofthesameera.Thirdly,ithasagreatinfluenceontheworld’sliterature
4、.Manyfamouswesternwritersquotewordsandstoriesfromitintheirownworks.Evenalotofeasternwritersareinfluencedbyit,suchasXvDishan,LuxunandBaJin.SowecanseethatBibleitselfisaliterarybook.AndthisisBibleasliterature.2.HowshouldwereadBibleasliterature?AsIhavesaidth
5、attheideaoftheBibleasliteraturebeganwiththeBibleitself,soweshouldreaditasliteraturejustasweneedtoreadittheologicallyandhistorically.EverystoryintheBibleisrepletewithliterarytechnique.Infact,Bibleisaliterarybookinwhichtheologyandhistoryareusuallyembodiedi
6、nliteraryforms.Thoseformsincludegenres,theincarnationofhumanexperienceinconcreteform,stylisticandrhetoricaltechniques,andartistry.Forexample,thestory“theLastSupper”,infact,Jesushadalreadyknownthatsomeonewouldbetrayhimbuthestilltookbread,andwhenhehadgiven
7、thanks,hesaid,“Thisismybody,whichisforyou;dothisinremembranceofme.”Inthesameway,aftersupperhetookthecup,saying,“Thiscupisthenewcovenantinmyblood;dothis,wheneveryoudrinkit,inremembranceofme.Forwheneveryoueatthisbreadanddrinkthiscup,youproclaimtheLord’sdea
8、thuntilhecomes.”Whenwereaditasliterature,theLastSupperusestheapocalyptic;atthebeginningofthestorythesecretorthedeepinformationishiddenanddiscloseduntiltheverylasttime.Atfirst,thestorydidmentionJesusknewthatsomeonewouldbetr
