/lit/ - Literature

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>>14263697
Ignore these books by hack journalists and bloggers. Read an actual scholarly book, like this one, that is highly respected.

>>14150366
Christianity can't be proven and requires faith. Secondly, you're wrong about YHWH, read this book.

>>13175233
I would say that we know quite a lot about the ancient civilizations of europe and the near east, and i see no problem with the author filling in the blanks or granting himself creative freedom. Just look at game of thrones. Gods that speak to mortals through trees, a king that sacrifices his daughter to escape contrary weather, savage, primeval gods that were forgotten and replaced by more enlightened ones, these are all things borrowed from greek mythology. I was reading pic related and it fascinated me to no end. The idea that the god we worship today was one that prevailed in a contest among several semitic deities is just the sort of thing to be a template for a fantasy novel. There's just so much potential. Tons of historical fiction get published every year. What would be wrong with throwing some magic into the mix?