It claims every single possible archetype (like the hero's journey) in literature, theatre, film, etc. is contained in the Bible
No it doesn't.
>>25159741Name one that isn't
>>25160008The wise fool, like in Shakespeare's plays.
>>25160008The book doesn't argue that "every single possible archetype" is contained within the Bible, anon. It argues that the Bible has had immense influence in Western literature and gives a literary take on the Bible itself. What's more, it explicitly states the Bible had its own set of influences (e.g. that line that goes something like "there are no new Gods only more recent iterations of them").
>>25160400>During the Crusades, Christ was recognized as a 'wise fool' figure through his childlike teachings that yet confounded the powerful and intellectual elite. Numerous other writers during this period would explore this theological paradox of the wise fool in Christ, sustaining the trope into the Renaissance.
>>25160454Not the same and you didn't read The Great Code.
