You may use it as an occasion to learn more about Jesus, his life and teachings. By the way, Bible is a nice peace of litrature by itself.

If you don't want to read whole bible first, looking up the subject matter in a bible dictionary is the easiest way because it will give a short explanation directly. But I don't know if this type of book can be found in 上海. Or you can consult a topical bible, concordance, or search a software bible to find the relevant bible text. The 信仰宝库 Chinese Treasures 5.0 CD-ROM has some Old Testament survey texts on it. This CD can be legally copied freely inside China (see http://www.dbsbible.org/chinese_simp/ .) Here is Joshua 1:8 New Chinese Version copied from free bible software GnomeSword2: 这律法书不可离开你的口，要昼夜默诵，好使你谨守遵行书中所记的一切；这样，你的道路就必顺利，你必一路亨通。 and 2 Timothy 3:16 Chinese Union Version and English Standard Version from the same free program available from http://xiphos.org/ . 16 圣 经 都 是 神 所 默 示 的 （ 或 作 ： 凡 神 所 默 示 的 圣 经 ） ， 于 教 训 、 督 责 、 使 人 归 正 、 教 导 人 学 义 都 是 冇 益 的 ， 17 叫 属 神 的 人 得 以 完 全 ， 预 备 行 各 样 的 善 事 。 16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.

Hi Carrie, what literary works are you refering to? There are many which don't have these themes.Here are some websites for you # The Wonderful Pen: Best British Novels/ists 4 Mar 2007 ... Best British Novels/ists · This list comes from Richard Cracroft, former English professor at BYU and contributor to Meridian Magazine. ... wonderfulpen.blogspot.com/2007/.../best-british-novelsists.html - Cached - Similar # The Modern Library | 100 Best | Novels From the world-famous Royal Shakespeare Company, the first authoritative, ... 100 Best Nonfiction | Radcliffe's Rival 100 Best Novels List. 100 Best Novels ... www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/100bestnovels.html - Cached - Similar # The 100 greatest novels of all time: The list | Books | The Observer 12 Oct 2003 ... 'Call me Ishmael' is one of the most famous opening sentences of any .... An astonishing debut: the painfully funny English novel of the ... www.guardian.co.uk/books/2003/oct/12/features.fiction -

no way but reading more 。