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The Ages of Man 1. From the Creation to the Flood Although the assertion is constantly made that the early chapters of Genesis are to be regarded as purely mythical, legendary or allegorical, it must be evident to a candid reader that the sober, dignified, restrained yet magnificent language of these early chapters removes them […]

666 “Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is six hundred three score and six” (Revelation 13:18). This article was suggested to the writer when be read of a question being asked, what is the meaning of […]

The term is new, yet the literary genre is old I think most people deduce the word was composed similarly to the already well-known science-fiction. If science-fiction is a literary genre that produces fiction starting from some scientific realities, bible-fiction produces fictions starting from texts in the Bible. Like science-fiction deviates more or less from […]

How this literary genre became popular in the Christian world How exactly did this literary genre come into being? It came into being because those who have not received Christ wholeheartedly and have not “been born not of blood, nor of flesh’s will, nor of man’s will, but of God” find no pleasure in the […]

From folklore to cultivated literature In Christianity there are many myths, legends, traditions and customs, the origins of which cannot be determined exactly. All these may be classified as Christian folklore. And in this sphere there are countless variations, going even to traditions specific to a certain geographic area or even to a certain village. […]

A few Catholic best-sellers In the present age, for any publishing house, it is most important to publish books that sell, which are named “best-sellers”, for they thus have substantial income. And in the bible-fiction genre there are best-sellers that brought immense income for centuries, some of which still producing substantial income even nowadays. The […]

Protestants also have their “masterpieces” in the genre Throughout the sixteenth century, by means of printed books, the reformers’ ideas spread all over Europe. In the same period of time Luther, Zwingli, Calvin and other doctors have had remarkable revelations. Many people understood that the salvation of their soul cannot be acquired by strict observance […]

Even in Judaism there are recent masterpieces in this genre There was a text that presented great difficulties for the rabbis, and that is chapter 53 of Isaiah. Who could be the one about whom the prophet says that: “Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath subjected him to suffering. When thou shalt […]

Even believers may produce bible-fiction Can a believer produce bible-fiction? Haven’t we said that the fictions departing from biblical truth are produced by people who profess Christianity but have not been born again? Yes, it is mainly so, but not only so. It is possible that, due to some combined factors of education, tradition and […]