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>It's been said that more people get their understanding of the bible from Milton's Paradise Lost (directly or indirectly) than from the Bible. If you look at b
by tk75x 5y ago
>It's been said that more people get their understanding of the bible from Milton's Paradise Lost (directly or indirectly) than from the Bible. If you look at both, many elements we're familiar with are from Milton (IIRC, and it's been a long time, the apple in the Garden of Eden is an example).
I doubt that more people have read Paradise Lost than have read the Bible
- oscardssmith 5y agoI don't think these are contradictory. More people have read the Bible, but many of the details they know about the story are from paradise lost, not the bible.
- wolverine876 5y agoRight. That's what I meant by 'indirectly'. Not many people actually read the Bible either, but they know the stories.