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| Detail of Noah's Ark - from MS Additional 18850 (Beford Hours) folio 16v. (British Library) |
Questions like that are impossible to answer - they are vast and vague and very *yawn* ho-hum.
Better is this question:
What is it like to read the BIBLE as literature, as opposed to reading other texts as literature? Is it different? How? Why?
Or this question:
What is it like to read the Bible as LITERATURE, as opposed to reading it as a religious book? What adjustments (if any) must you make in your reading/annotating/analytic processes?
Choose just ONE of the these topics (BIBLE as literature / Bible as LITERATURE) to respond to, being sure that you are juxtaposing your answer in a proper manner (Bible vs. other literary texts for option one; Bible as primarily a religious text vs. Bible as primarily a literary text for option two).
To help focus your answer to option one, you might choose one or two other literary texts you've read and are familiar with as your comparative foil. To help focus your answer to option two, you might pick a specific section of Biblical text we've covered and outline the possible differences between a religious and a literary reading.
Posts should be long enough to say what needs to be said without rambling, repeating, or using any foo-foo meaningless filler. You don't need to start by repeating the prompt - just jump right into the discussion. Don't write a paper. Papers are d-r-e-a-d-f-u-l. Write a post - a pithy, engaging, brilliant, clever, insightful, fun post. You do not (and cannot) exhaust the topic. There will be more to say than you have room or time for. Choose a few insightful and interesting points to make. Ready: go.
(Responses must be posted by Monday 28 August at midnight.)
