Editing Bible (section)

===Literature and the arts===
[[File:Regnault, Henri, Salomé.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|''[[Salomé (Henri Regnault)|Salomé]]'', by [[Henri Regnault]] (1870)]]
{{See also|Films based on the Bible|Category:Operas based on the Bible|Category:Books based on the Bible |Category:Plays based on the Bible |Category:Music based on the Bible }}
The Bible has directly and indirectly influenced literature: [[St Augustine]]'s [[Confessions (St. Augustine)|Confessions]] is widely considered the first autobiography in [[Western Literature]].<ref name="Wilken 2003 291">{{cite book | last = Wilken | first = Robert L. | title = The Spirit of Early Christian Thought | publisher = Yale University Press | location = New Haven | year = 2003 | isbn = 978-0-300-10598-8 |page=291}}</ref> The ''[[Summa Theologica]]'', written 1265–1274, is "one of the classics of the history of philosophy and one of the most influential works of Western literature."<ref>Ross, James F., "Thomas Aquinas, ''Summa theologiae'' (c. 1273), Christian Wisdom Explained Philosophically", in ''The Classics of Western Philosophy: A Reader's Guide'', (eds.) Jorge J. E. Gracia, Gregory M. Reichberg, Bernard N. Schumacher (Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2003), p. 165. [https://books.google.com/books?id=6jAcwGItzssC&pg=PA165]</ref> These both influenced the writings of [[Dante]]'s epic poetry and his ''[[Divine Comedy]]'', and in turn, Dante's creation and sacramental theology has contributed to influencing writers such as [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Tolkien's Catholic Imagination |url=http://www.crisismagazine.com/november2001/feature7.htm |last=Boffetti |first=Jason |date=November 2001 |work=Crisis Magazine |publisher=Morley Publishing Group |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060821111145/http://www.crisismagazine.com/november2001/feature7.htm |archive-date=21 August 2006 }}</ref> and [[William Shakespeare]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Assurances of faith: How Catholic Was Shakespeare? How Catholic Are His Plays? |url=http://www.crisismagazine.com/julaug2002/feature4.htm |last=Voss |first=Paul J. |date=July 2002 |work=Crisis Magazine |publisher=Morley Publishing Group |access-date=19 May 2022 |archive-date=22 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222065053/http://www.crisismagazine.com/julaug2002/feature4. |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Many masterpieces of [[Western art]] were inspired by biblical themes: from Michelangelo's ''[[David (Michelangelo)|David]]'' and ''[[Pietà]]'' sculptures, to Leonardo da Vinci's ''[[The Last Supper (Leonardo da Vinci)|Last Supper]]'' and Raphael's various ''Madonna'' paintings. There are hundreds of examples. Eve, the temptress who disobeys God's commandment, is probably the most widely portrayed figure in art.<ref name="Mati Meyer">{{cite web|last1=Meyer|first1=Mati|title=Art: Representation of Biblical Women|url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/art-representation-of-biblical-women|website=Jewish Women's Archive|access-date=19 May 2022|archive-date=16 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016195318/https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/art-representation-of-biblical-women|url-status=live}}</ref> [[The Renaissance]] preferred the sensuous female nude, while the "femme fatale" Delilah from the nineteenth century onward demonstrates how the Bible and art both shape and reflect views of women.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/art-representation-of-biblical-women | title=Art: Representation of Biblical Women &#124; Jewish Women's Archive | access-date=19 May 2022 | archive-date=16 October 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016195318/https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/art-representation-of-biblical-women | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Diane Apostolos-Cappadona">{{Cite journal|last1=Apostolos-Cappadona|first1=Diane|title=Women in Religious Art|volume=1|journal=Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion|publisher=Oxford Research Encyclopedias|doi=10.1093/acrefore/9780199340378.013.208|date=Jul 2016|isbn=978-0-19-934037-8}}</ref>

The Bible has many rituals of purification which speak of clean and unclean in both literal and metaphorical terms.<ref name="Warsh">{{cite book |last= Warsh |first= Cheryl Krasnick |others=Veronica Strong-Boag |title=Children's Health Issues in Historical Perspective |year=2006 |publisher=Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press|quote= ... From Fleming's perspective, the transition to Christianity required a good dose of personal and public hygiene ...|isbn=978-0-88920-912-1|page=315}}</ref> The biblical toilet etiquette encourages washing after all instances of defecation, hence the invention of the bidet.<ref>{{cite book|title=Contemporary Biology: Concepts and Implications|first=Mary|last= E. Clark|year= 2006| isbn= 978-0-7216-2597-3|publisher=University of Michigan Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=A hose: the strange device next to every Finnish toilet |url=https://en.biginfinland.com/hose-always-next-every-finnish-toilet/ |website=Big in Finland |date=8 July 2014 |publisher=Curiosities |access-date=21 May 2022 |archive-date=10 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510130712/https://en.biginfinland.com/hose-always-next-every-finnish-toilet/ |url-status=live }}</ref>