(January 18, 2014 at 12:33 am)là bạn điên Wrote: " the Bible" is not a work of English literature but the translations are. there is only one translation that is worth studying from the point of view of Literature and that is the king James version which is probably the most important work to date in shaping the Written English language. Studying the bible also is a necessary part of Early Modern Studies since it was the standard codified ethics of the period.
Good points. And you're right, the bible was written in Hebreew and Greek, so it's not really English literature.