I literally know nothing about Christianity. Like nothing. Can someone show me a reading list? I have no idea wtf the old/new testaments are or gospels.
>>9552912
Christians are followers of Jesus Christ. The story of Jesus Christ can be found in the four books of the Gospels. Jesus did not write anything. Instead, He was written about by four of his disciples, who are Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Paul, an apostle, which is a follower of Christ who never personally met Christ, also wrote heavily about Christ. The books written about Christ are collected in what is called the New Testament.
The Old Testament is a collection of Hebrew scriptures. The first part of the Old Testament focuses on the history of the Hebrews. The middle of the Old Testament is the songs and proverbs by the Hebrews. Lastly, the final part of the Old Testament is a collection of various prophecy books, which prophecy the coming of the Christ.
Christianity became the dominate religion of the Roman Empire. It rapidly spread throughout Europe, Africa, and the Middle-East. It is still the dominate religion of Europe. During the colonial period, it became the dominate religion of the Americas.
>>9552912
The BBC have a good overview: http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/
>>9552933
>Instead, He was written about by four of his disciples
>various prophecy books, which prophecy the coming of the Christ.
Just as a note, this is the traditional Christian view, all secular (and religious jewish) scholars would disagree.
Just get a free Holy Bible, or read one online. The entire book is in chronological order. Genesis explains the beginning, continued on in Exodus. I think it was Numbers and Deutoronomy that were the most boring parts. After that, it's more history about the first rulers of the jews, AKA judges, then the story of Saul and David make up Samuel 1 and 2. I forget the rest. Psalms and Proverbs aren't really narratives but boulders of prayer etiquette and wisdom, respectively. The New Testament starts with the four gospels Matthew Mark Luke John. Acts is events that took place afterwards, and then the rest are letters sent from/to Timothy, Paul, John, James, Titus, mostly guidance for the young churches at the time. Revelations is the one focusing mainly on what is to come, which is a whole lot of bad things followed by good things.
Who will be the great defender of literature and literature studies when Bloom is gone?
China
You who would be the next idol of pseuds on /lit/ after this shitty memester croaks?
I hate to meme him, but seriously, is there a better answer? If not him, then some perhaps yet-to-be-known grad student.
What is Shakespeare's most superior tragedy?
Pic unrelated. I just wanted to share some Leddit.
why did you feel necessary to post that pseud nonsense by someone who didnt have the self awareness to pick up a dictionary before being public with their stupidity?
>>9552291
Holy fuck that pic is rage-inducing. I thought I had seen some bad stuff from Reddit already, but that one is really as pseud as it gets. I definitely don't think that Bloom is a final authority on literature, but to disregard the notion that something can be a masterpiece is absolutely retarded and ignorant.
My vote goes for Hamlet. It's just really hard to beat.
>>9552322
>2017
>being' 'triggered
Stop being a Christian.
Nietzsche was a Christian. Sorry that radical Christianity goes way over your head.
>>9552287
typical slave morality
>>9552287
done
Just marathoned this in two hours.
I dont get it.
What is Pinecone trying to say with this?
>tfw that's my favorite pynchon
am i a pleb guys?
Pynchon is a psyop, stop reading him.
Systems, when scrutinized, do not adequately represent the sum of their parts. The post office conspiracy, for instance. Something as simple as the postal service, a system we take to be simple, unassuming, and whole, is actually a ghost of that which makes it up. An individual cannot take a system as such. Additionally, the more complex the system, the more hopeless the individual in seeing beyond its representation and understand its individual parts in relation to its whole. Hence the paranoia.
This is only my opinion. The dreadful sense that political, economic, philosophical, scientific systems are in essence representations, resting on nothing, is what I think makes pynchon so haunting. Basically, to understand the Postal Service fully is to understand that the Postal Service is not the Postal Service as represented, and the madness and deep-seated distrust stemming from that.
What philosophical works explore the themes found in serial experiments lain?
>>9551437
Some french faggots: deleuze, baudrillard
>>9551463
do they have to be gay?
>>9551803
Nah, just French
Do I really have to "start with the Greeks?"
What if I fucked up and started with someone else? How do I fix it?
Dude you've gotta read the Greeks first
>>9551339
Daily reminder that the majority of senpais on here didn't start with the greeks.
just rewind time and then start with the greeks u dumbass
who's the most cultured writer that makes sure his (or "her" [lel]) reader knows how smart and educated he is?
My vote goes to Victor Hugo.
Tolstoy also gets a mention because of his walls of french text.
>>9551273
Joyce for his constant references to obscure writers and Irish history that only three people in Dublin know about.
Nassim Taleb, but he isn't actually smart or educated, he just constantly derails each train of thoughts with discussions where he tries to convince you he's the smartest man alive
complete garbage.
>>9551306
this
What are some of /lit/'s pet peeves about books?
A big one that triggers my autismo is when the author's name is larger than the book's title on the cover.
> seeing people's book collections and all they own is YA fiction hardbacks
> a torn page in the book, sometimes from holding the page too firmly
> "unputdownable" as a quote on the cover makes me put the book down
> when the printing on the page hasn't been done properly so half of the word is missing and you struggle to make out what it's meant to say
> supermarket book collections: nothing but trashy romance novels, YouTuber books, James Patterson and the original novel to a film or tv programme
>dust jackets
What's the Twin Peaks of literature?
>a slightly above average work of cult artist with a small group of delusional rabid followers with no genuine taste in medium
>>9550686
>Twin Peaks is only slightly above average television
Please tell me what you're watching
>>9550699
patrician kino of course
What book fucked you up the most, /lit/? Be honest.
>>9550525
jung. it made me LARP for a few months.
>>9550527
And that's NO. JOKE.
Is Candide an Epicurean book?
>>9550469
Candide is a shit book. That's what it is.
Shit.
>>9550469
It's been a while since I read it, but I don't recall anything specifically Epicurean about it.
It's more of a general pessimistic book, honestly.
>>9550469
If i recall correctly, it's more stoic. And yes, shit
Writing prompt: your suicide letter.
death gives no reason, so why should i
death has no season, so i know ill never die
>>9549965
I write this in good confidence and utmost respect as a part time contractor for the firm of life, yet I see it to be appropriate that I resign with an effective notice as of now. I thank my fellow employees, the manager, and the associates for whom I would not be in this position without and most of all I thank the janitors who have been so generous as to clean up my messes with utmost courtesy and befitting someone of my prominence or lack thereof.
it's your fault
goodbye
Have you enjoyed any novels published in the 2010s?
I'd like to explore contemporary literature.
>>9549717
Milk and Honey
The Visisble Man
m d d
Is Stoner autistic?
>rapes wife while she is half awake
Is Edith the ultimate literary femanon character?
>as husbando leaves, lies down on bed naked and waits for Stoner to come fuck her
In 2017, am I supposed to be reading this as a comedy? I heard the ending made some anons tear up.
Let us discuss the superior Williams instead.
>>9549705
>Is Stoner autistic?
no, but you seem to be
>>9549705
Also, seems like Stoner is just a wuss most of the time.
The saddest part was how Williams describes Stoner's "friends" as just acquaintances that meet up to talk about deep shit and never hang outside of that.