基督教《圣经》两大部分中的第二部分。基督教将《新约》视为对《旧约》中诺言的实践。《新约》回顾了耶稣基督的生平与传教经历，为早期教会阐述了其意义，尤其注重上帝与耶稣门徒之间订立的新的盟约。《新约》共二十七卷，包括叙述耶稣生平言行的四部福音书；叙述早期基督教会历史的〈使徒行传〉；二十一封使徒书信，对早期...
活动时期约西元前13世纪犹太教中的先知。根据〈出埃及记〉所载，他出生于埃及，父母为希伯来人。为了逃过一项杀死所有希伯来新生儿男婴的法令，他被放入芦苇摇篮中漂到尼罗河上。他被法老王的女儿发现，在埃及宫廷长大。在他杀害残忍的埃及工头之后，他逃到米甸，雅赫维（即上帝）曾在此显身于燃烧的树丛中，召唤摩西将以...
原文： A fox had fallen into a well, and had been casting about for a long time how he should get out again, when at length a goat came to the place, and...
《圣经．创世记》中的人物。诺亚是拉麦之子，为亚当和夏娃的第九代子孙，行为端正，蒙上帝选择在他的邪恶的同代人于洪水中灭亡后使人类能繁衍下来。诺亚遵照指示建造一艘方舟，并依神谕收容每种动物各一对。洪水退去后，上帝以一道彩虹作为不再毁灭大地的保证。他是闪、含和雅弗的父亲，整个人类种族再由诺亚三子繁衍下来。...
原文： A Hound, who had been excellent one in his time, and had done good service to his master in the field, at length become worn out with the weight o...
原文： A Wolf that had been bitten by a Dog, and was in a very sad case, being unable to move, called to a Sheep that was passing by, and begged her to f...
Tiresias Tiresias was a blind，darkseeing prophet of Thebes．Hewas struck with blindness in his youth，because he had spied unwittingly on the goddess At...
Echo and Narcissus Narcissus was a handsome youth．His lovely face and graceful form were the admiration of all who looked upon him．And he ...
The Apple of Discord The wedding of Peleus and the sea-goddess Thetis wereheld and all gods were invited．But the absence of one goddess was clearly no...
Phaeton Phaeton was the son of Apollo by Clymene．The mother had filled the lad's head with so many stories of his father's glory that the yout...