Bible Quote by Heinrich Heine

“The most determining external influence on his style was unquestionably the old, so-called King James version of the English Bible. His language is saturated…

— Jonathan Edwards

The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of style is the Bible.

— Hugh Blair

The New Testament evinces its universal design in its very, style, which alone distinguishes it from all the literary productions of earlier and later…

— Philip Schaff

Shakespeare is so fundamental to the way we see story. A tremendous amount of narratives come from him - more than many authors are…

— Rebecca Serle

I think there's as much profundity and wisdom in Shakespeare, more so in fact, than those in the Bible.

— Steve Coogan

There is certainly no one 'type' of writer who deliberately draws on Shakespeare. In fact, there's a strong argument that everyone writing in the…

— Matt Haig

With every literary genre or form come some conventional expectations that the biblical authors either follow or deviate from.

— Craig Blomberg

The best models of English writing are Shakespeare and the Old Testament.

— Aleister Crowley

“The human authors and editors of the Old Testament brought their own experiences and presuppositions to the task of writing. We don’t often think…

— Adam Hamilton

Shakespeare is the one who gets re-interpreted most frequently.

— Sam Waterston

“Biblical inspiration may be defined as God’s superintending of the human authors so that, using their own individual personalities and even their writing styles,…

— Ron Rhodes

“For the Bible, despite all its contradictions and absurdities, its barbarisms and obscenities, remains grand and gaudy stuff, and so it deserves careful study…

— H.L. Mencken