The New Testament
Multiple authors · Ancient · Scripture, theology
Ancient · Scripture, poetry, history
The Hebrew Bible / Old Testament
by Multiple authors. A vast collection of narratives, laws, prophecy, poetry, and wisdom that profoundly shaped Western religion, ethics, art, and politics.
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- Date
- c. 1000–100 BCE
- Origin
- Ancient Israel/Judah
- Era
- Ancient
- Genre
- Scripture, poetry, history
- Canon tier
- Essential core
- Difficulty
- Challenging
- Length
- Very long
- Collection
- The Western Canon
Subjects and themes
Why it matters
A vast collection of narratives, laws, prophecy, poetry, and wisdom that profoundly shaped Western religion, ethics, art, and politics.
This work is included on the basis of great books / bloom / harvard. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.
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