What are the implications of this? The literary nature of the Bible opens the way to its being studied as part of the literature curriculum of any school.
This is not the only place in which to locate the academic study of the Bible, but it is the most natural place. Among other considerations, it is useful to note that there is something prototypical about the Bible.
In the Bible we see the essential principles of literature highlighted. This makes the Bible the best possible introduction to literature and its techniques. But is the Bible important literature? In fact, it is the central book of English-speaking cultures throughout the ages.
It has provided the cohesive frame of reference what some literary scholars would call the mythological universe for England and America. Compared to the Bible, even the collected works of Shakespeare are demonstrably in the second tier.
A further dimension of the literary importance of the Bible is that it is the primary source and influence for English and American literature. I come, then, to my second question: How should we read the Bible as literature?
The answer: we should apply exactly the same methods of literary analysis to the Bible that we use for other literature. This is not to say that the Bible is in every way just like other books.
Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Oct 28, Anthony McKay rated it really liked it. This is the second time I've read The Bible from cover to cover. This time I chose to read it in conjunction with Issac Asimov's Guide To The Bible, reading a chapter in the latter first then back to the former to read each chapter with some secular history to be the backdrop.
I'm not a believer, but I think this book a worthwhile read to understand the evolution word deliberately chosen of religious thought. A large span of history is covered by this book and these words continue to shape soc This is the second time I've read The Bible from cover to cover.
A large span of history is covered by this book and these words continue to shape society and our individual behaviors whether we subscribe to them or not. The Bates version is nice, because it eliminates the long drudgery of passages that aren't really necessary to understand the message.
One is spared "so-and-so begat so-and-so" for endless paragraphs and repetitive retelling of certain stories occurring in different books are eliminated for brevity as well. To read The Bible in a layout that makes it feel like reading a book, rather than an over annotated manuscript, is a pleasure - but be advised that verily thou shalt find it written in ye olde English.
I highly recommend this paired with Asimov's guide. You will learn much about what was going on in the region at the time and other fascinating insights that will illuminate many thing in this mysterious tome.
Apr 30, Sam rated it really liked it Shelves: bible. Best King James Version layout ever, man. This edition of the Bible was actually designed to make it readable enough like a big novel, and it accomplishes this quite nicely. I could read it in more or less a month. Unnecessary parts for the modern reader are cut off, and before each individual book there is an introductory text by the editor, in which he details the theological importance of the book and the scholarship about it.
About the King James Version which is the english translation , although sometimes has mistakes and ma This edition of the Bible was actually designed to make it readable enough like a big novel, and it accomplishes this quite nicely. About the King James Version which is the english translation , although sometimes has mistakes and makes a paragraph difficult to understand, the poetical tone of it is undeniable, and the whole old english style makes you feel like you are reading directly from an old papyrus.
I recommend this edition more for the lay person, the more dogmatic people may get offended with the editing. Livingston Garland rated it really liked it May 25, Richard rated it it was amazing May 15, Michael Sardis rated it liked it Jun 28, Michael rated it really liked it Sep 04, This leaves students to puzzle over allusions that they encounter in art and literature.
But can you teach stories from the Bible in public schools? Teaching the Bible as literature in public schools is allowed under the First Amendment of the U. Although the Supreme Court ruled that students could not be forced to study the Bible for religious purposes, they are allowed to study the Bible as they would literature in order to understand its influence, language, and artistic legacy.
This study must be strictly academic, not devotional. Teaching the Bible "as literature" does not imply that the Bible is not factual.
This description merely indicates that selections from the Bible will be studied as any other text would be in an English course. In a Time magazine article some of the nation's top colleges agreed that students must have a working background knowledge of the Bible to understand literature at the college level. Click here to view the TIME magazine article which analyzes the benefits of teaching the Bible in schools.
The full article is available to subscribers only! For example, I teach a list of biblical allusions that appear in the English language that I feel all students should understand. We read the story of Moses and the Hebrew's exodus from Egypt.
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