Influence in History and Culture
The Bible has influenced every area of human culture, including government, education, literature, music, law, art, history, and religion.聽 Examples of the Bible’s impact are given in the articles and videos linked below.
- American Culture
- The Bible and American Culture by Mark Noll
- , Dunham Bible Museum lecture by Dr. Donald Dreisbach (video)
- What leading Americans have said about the Bible
- Inspirational Highlights of the Bible in America by Jerry Wiles
- The Bible & the American Revolution, outline of an address to the American Museum Society, by Dr. Diana Severance
- Old Abe and the Bible
- , Dunham Bible Museum lecture by Dr. Ronald White (video)
- The Soldier’s Bible or A Deck of Cards
- The Bible and U.S. Military Chaplains, Dunham Bible Museum lecture by Chaplain John D. Laing (pdf transcript)
- Beyond the Sacred Page, a look at the added study material placed in Bibles by Dr. Diana Severance.聽 Samples of such added materials can be found in the reprint from the collection section of this site.
- John Brown’s Self-Interpreting Bible by Diana Severance; a history of one of the most popular annotated Bibles from the 18th and 19th centuries.
- The Initiative of John Eliot in the Translation and Printing of the Algonquian Bible by Andrew W. Adler.聽 In 2012, Andrew W, Adler was a sophomore Biblical Languages major in HCU’s Honor College when he won 2nd place for his essay in the “A Piece of the past” essay contest.聽 Mr. Adler plans to be a missionary to india.
- Adoniram Judson鈥檚 Burmese Bible: A Product of Intellect, Passion, and Providence by Andrew W. Adler.聽 In 2011, Andrew W. Adler was a freshman Biblical Languages major in HCU鈥檚 Honor College when he won 2nd place for this essay in the 鈥淎 Piece of the Past鈥� essay contest. Mr. Adler plans to be a missionary in India.
- Mathew Carey鈥檚 Douay-Rheims Bible by Nicholas Mario Bruno. Bruno won 1st place in the 2011 鈥淎 Piece of the Past鈥� museum essay contest. Mr. Bruno graduated from HCU in 2011 and plans to attend law school to study Constitutional Law after graduation.
- Year of the Bible, 1983
- English Language
- Words or phrases first introduced into the English language in early English Bible translations
- Common English phrases originating in the Bible
- 聽Dunham Bible Museum lecture by Dr. Naseeb Shaheen (video)
- Literature
- Education
- , Dunham Bible Museum lecture by Dr. David Lyle Jeffrey (video)
- , Dunham Bible Museum lecture by Dr. Donald Brake (video)
- 聽Dunham Bible Museum lecture by Dr. Charles Ryrie (video)
- Global Impact