2006-06-09 01:26:54 · 11 answers · asked by pattynessy 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Relatively speaking the Bible is not that old. It was compiled (oh yes, COMPILED) some time in the fifth or sixth centuries AD. The Bible, we should remember, is NOT the word of God, but the word of MAN. And it was man who decided what would and what would not go in the Bible. Not God.
So if you want OLD books, what about Homer's 'Odyssey' and 'Iliad'? They are both nearly twice as old as the Bible and damn good stories as well.
2006-06-09 02:43:53 · answer #1 · answered by durulz2000 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you asking which books IN the bible are favorites? Used to be Psalms and Acts.....I don't know any other really old books
2006-06-09 08:30:46 · answer #2 · answered by flowerchildofthecorn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, my favorite books in the Bible would be Revelation and Psalm.
2006-06-09 11:13:43 · answer #3 · answered by Lydia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mahabharata. महाà¤à¤¾à¤°à¤¤
Kamasutra.
Book of the dead (although I did not literally read that)
Nag Hamadi scrolls
Not always in that order. Some days the Kamasutra ranks higher... much higher.
Oh I have this original "Faust" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in woodprint (1840something) with real etches. As a book (the thing) it is my favorite.
2006-06-09 08:35:17 · answer #4 · answered by Puppy Zwolle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Animal Farm was OK when I was younger. Best ever tho is Salman Rushdie epics...Shame, Midnights Children, Satanic Verses, Grimus, The Moors Last Sigh.
2006-06-16 05:01:01 · answer #5 · answered by jewel_o_th_night 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know any books as old as the Bible.
2006-06-09 08:29:44 · answer #6 · answered by Stunnas on got my stunnas on 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Really old books?
Homer is excellent; he wrote about Troy and its aftermath. "The Odessey" and "The Iliad".
A little newer, Shakespeare is truly incredible. My favorite of his that I've read is "A Midsummer's Night's Dream", but he has tons on various topics.
Even newer? "Faust"...I totally forgot the author right now. It's about a man who makes a deal with the devil, basically.
2006-06-09 18:31:14 · answer #7 · answered by shadowsonthewind@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like JRR Tolkein's Lord of the Rings...but sumthing as old as the Bible no not really...
2006-06-09 10:11:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My all time favorites are
Farewell to Arms,
Sherlock Holmes
There are so many novels. What you want to read?
2006-06-09 08:29:59 · answer #9 · answered by Sabyasachi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
anything by dickens or shakespeare, wilde and bronte also virginnia woolfe and edgar allen poe for poetry.
2006-06-09 08:32:30 · answer #10 · answered by Mintjulip 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋