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Bushwah HERVEPA Jun 2014 #1
Then you have no basic understanding of Western Literature. MohRokTah Jun 2014 #5
Homer is the father of Western canon. Rex Jun 2014 #20
Then you would have no problem characterizing The Bible as Evan S. Connell saw those writers. . . Journeyman Jun 2014 #2
Pretty much hits the nail on the head. MohRokTah Jun 2014 #6
the bible is largely unreadable waddirum Jun 2014 #3
Me. MohRokTah Jun 2014 #4
I read the King Jame's Version through, and selected sections from other translations. . . Journeyman Jun 2014 #13
I'm neither ignorant nor illiterate waddirum Jun 2014 #16
My comment had nothing to do with whether you read it but that your criticism was puerile. . . Journeyman Jun 2014 #21
The book of Esther is not boring. ChazII Jun 2014 #28
Its the most commercially successful piece of fiction. HooptieWagon Jun 2014 #7
Hear, Hear! defacto7 Jun 2014 #29
Not to mention not much from the Bible was original. Mostly just a rip-off of Sumerian myths. nt Quixote1818 Jun 2014 #31
So is this logic correct? LostOne4Ever Jun 2014 #8
No. You've got it wrong. MohRokTah Jun 2014 #12
I think it's ONE OF the most important works if you count all the books together, LuvNewcastle Jun 2014 #9
I disagree, it's more important. MohRokTah Jun 2014 #10
I guess we'll have to agree to disagree, then. LuvNewcastle Jun 2014 #18
horsehocky nt GusBob Jun 2014 #11
Read a book. eom MohRokTah Jun 2014 #14
Seriously? Prophet 451 Jun 2014 #15
True. Doesn't mean I have to believe in its virtues. nt alp227 Jun 2014 #17
Better than Homer? Rex Jun 2014 #19
The bible is referenced in a lot of other works, but it's not all that influential in terms of style LeftyMom Jun 2014 #22
Actually, Milton and Alighieri don't Western Literature make. Knowledge of Catholic Church dogma ancianita Jun 2014 #23
Here's my take HeiressofBickworth Jun 2014 #24
Oh I dig, Hillary meant it's influential in a Cliff Notes way whatchamacallit Jun 2014 #25
It's a huge piece of the puzzle, to be sure, but unequivocally "most important"? nomorenomore08 Jun 2014 #26
Don't really care much for Western literature. liberal_at_heart Jun 2014 #27
The Bible isn't even a work defacto7 Jun 2014 #30
Precisely why Jefferson called it a "Dunghill" nt Quixote1818 Jun 2014 #32
The Epic of Gilgamesh. Without it, it's doubtful the Bible would have existed cali Jun 2014 #33
I wouldn't say most important, I would say influential and in a bad way Quixote1818 Jun 2014 #34
n=2 does not make a proof. GeorgeGist Jun 2014 #35
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