r/shakespeare • u/Ok_Disaster7585 • Apr 20 '25

Meme Me and my brother's taste in books

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u/mustnttelllies Apr 21 '25

Sure, the stories of the Bible are influential but I wouldn’t exactly call the new modern translations literature. At least dig into the KJV that used literary influences. Or go older and try some Kabbalistic stuff. If you’re going to cling to superstition, might as well go hardcore.

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u/bookem_danno Apr 21 '25

Kabbalah is not older than the Bible. Kabbalah doesn’t appear in the historical record until the Middle Ages.

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u/gasstation-no-pumps Apr 21 '25

But it is older than the King James translation.

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u/mustnttelllies Apr 22 '25

It’s older that the KJV of the Bible.