An Atheist Explores the Apocrypha Part 40: Closing Thoughts
The Apocrypha: Closing Thoughts This is the last instalment of An Atheist Explores Sacred Texts (Apocrypha version). In this series I worked my way chapter-by-chapter through the Old Testament Apocrypha, commenting on it from the point of view of the text as literature and mythology. For more detail, see the introductory post http://bit.ly/3aEJ6Q5 For the online KJV I use, see here http://bit.ly/2m0zVUP And now: I really enjoyed the majority o f those, especially the various folk tale style books, including all of those featuring Daniel, First Esdras and the finest things in life, Judith and her bloody revenge, and Tobit with its road trip and magical fish guts. Add to that the dramatic history of the Maccabees and it’s a rollicking collection of tales. Less interesting was the Wisdom book of Ben Sirach/Ecclesiasticus – as with Kohellet/Ecclesiastes, it went on a bit, repeating the same points over and over. The Additions to Esther did nothing to add to what was alr