RE: What distinguishes a fantasy book from the bible?
August 2, 2011 at 4:39 am
(This post was last modified: August 2, 2011 at 4:42 am by Emanuel.)
(August 1, 2011 at 10:16 am)Rhythm Wrote: Except that it's not a work of history.
Part of it is, part of it isn't (like the proverbs, for example; no historical writings there).
(August 1, 2011 at 10:16 am)Rhythm Wrote: We've tried to use it as a work of history, and it is miserable.
Can you please give an example of this?
(August 1, 2011 at 10:16 am)Rhythm Wrote: Whether or not the hypothesis was the best they could come up with is irrelevant. The best they could come up with is fantasy.
Can you please clarify here? What hypothesis are you talking about?
(August 1, 2011 at 10:16 am)Rhythm Wrote: The bible does indeed belong to many other subgroups, nonetheless, it is still fantasy.
Let's take this step by step:
1. "Fantasy" is a genre of literature.
2. The Bible contains many different genres, as I have proven and as you admit; possibly fantasy as well (I do not hold this view, but it is up to you to prove that at least part of the Bible is fantasy).
3. Given 1 & 2 one cannot say that the Bible is fantasy, because that would mean it has only one genre (fantasy) while also having many other genres at a time (proverbial literature, poetical writings, etc.).
I know you already know this, but I wrote it step by step just in case.
So you'll have to tell me which parts of the Bible you believe to be fantasy, because all of it cannot be.
(August 1, 2011 at 10:16 am)Rhythm Wrote: I've already made myself quite clear Emanuel, until someone gives me reason to believe that the bible is anything but the authors imaginations, it's going to stay on the fantasy shelf. It's not like I dislike fantasy, or fiction in general. It's sitting there next to some very worthy companions.
Again, you'll have to be more specific. Which part of the Bible are you refering to as being only the author's imagination? And to what author are you referring (I believe it is not necessary to remind you that there are many authors, not just one)?
And by the way, it cannot be compared to any other fantasy book. I'll give you for a second that the Bible is indeed fantasy, even though I disagree. As it is often stated, it was written by almost 40 different authors in a period of at least 1500 years. Let's see what other fantasy book is like the Bible in this respect! So the Bible is certainly on a different level from, for example, The Lord of the Rings.
