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BTW, it's a pity people don't study Old Testament as a literary work. I read it at 15 as an atheistic teenager and was totally captivated by the epic mainline s
by EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 3y ago
BTW, it's a pity people don't study Old Testament as a literary work. I read it at 15 as an atheistic teenager and was totally captivated by the epic mainline story with numerous fascinating side stories. It's at least on par with Iliad and Odissey in that aspect.
- shp0ngle 3y agoYou need to skip Book of Numbers, though.
- hnbad 3y agoAt least. There is a lot of the Old Testament that is literally just lists of things. Leviticus is another obvious one or the "begats" in Exodus. It's largely impossible because of the Old Testament's status as a holy text but I'd really love to see a more condensed version of it that takes it purely as an epic and not a part of existing religious traditions. I suppose that would be more likely to come out of a culture that is not so closely tied to Christianity though and I fear it might lose a lot in the double process of translation required to make it approachable to a Westerner like me.
- Cthulhu_ 3y agoIt's different if it's been droned at you for as long as you can remember though.
- EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 3y agoOf course, but not at Chinese students:)