Abstract:Bible is not only a sacred cultural heritage but also an important literary classic. The thesis tries to understand the characteristics of biblical literariness and feel its distinct literary attraction. Four features of biblical literariness are mentioned: the beauty of biblical structure; the beauty of Bible's rhythm; the beauty of biblical language and the typical figure of speech used in Bible. Through reading this old scripture as literature, the inclusive meaning in the Bible as an important literary classic is obvious. Bible has enormous literary value and it is also known as 'the first book of western literature'. It does have close relationship to every period of development in western literature. Bible is a headstream of western culture. This thesis gets help from the biblical literary perspective, by taking some representative authors and their literary outputs as signalized points in order to probe the influence of bible in western literary development and the significant influence to the western culture.

Key works：Bible；literature appreciation；biblical literariness；western culture；influence

摘  要:本文作者试从文学的视角去认识《圣经》的文学特质，感受《圣经》其中独特的文学吸引力与影响力。本文关注了《圣经》文学性的其中三个特征，它们分别是：《圣经》的结构美；《圣经》的语言美；以及《圣经》中的修辞运用。通过用文学的眼光看这本宗教的神学典籍，同时体会到它作为重要的文学经典所包含的意义。《圣经》中巨大的文学价值及其作为西方文学的第一书，它与西方文学的每一次时代演变紧实相连，是西方文学的一大源流。本文借助《圣经》的文学性角度，以西方文学史上一些代表作家和文学作品作为标志点，探究《圣经》对西方文学发展所产生的影响以及圣经渗透于西方文学方方面面的意义。

关键词：《圣经》； 文学欣赏； 圣经的文学性；西方文学；影响