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“The first thing that confronts us in studying verbal structures is that they are arranged sequentially, and have to be read or listened to in time.”

Book:The Great Code: The Bible and Literature

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The Great Code: The Bible and Literature

This book delves into the profound impact of the Bible on various literary works throughout history. more

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Northrop Frye

Northrop Frye was a Canadian literary critic and literary theorist, renowned for his extensive work on the Bible, mythology, and the literary imagination. His theories have had a significant impact on the field of literary criticism and have influenced many scholars and critics. more

“Literally, the Bible is a gigantic myth, a narrative extending over the whole of time from creation to apocalypse, unified by a body of recurring imagery that "freezes" into a single metaphor cluster, the metaphors all being identified with the body of the Messiah, the man who is all men, the totality logoi who is one Logos, the grain of sand that is the world.”

Men World Whole Body Creation He Man Metaphor Myth Narrative Sand Grain Apocalypse Imagery Freeze Messiah Totality Extending Unified Logos Recurring Grains Of Sand Clusters

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“The bedrock of doubt is the total nothingness of death. Death is a leveler, not because everybody dies, but because nobody understands what death means.”

Mean Dies Doubt Nothingness Bedrock

Book:The Great Code: The Bible and Literature

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“Man is constantly building anxiety-structures, like geodesic domes, around his social and religious institutions.”

Men Social Religious Building Anxiety Institutions Structure Domes

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Source: The Great Code: The Bible and Literature

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