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Is the Bible considered non-fiction or fiction?

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Biography and history in the ancient world were written in very different ways and for different reasons than modern biography and history, so both the Gospels and the Old Testament history books would be out of place in the fiction section but likewise out of place in our bio and history nonfiction sections. read more

The Bible is meant to be taken as allegory and not as literal non fiction. Most stories are parables and not about real people. Some stories are about real people. Since it is composed of many books written by many authors, one can not say it is fiction or non fiction. read more

These classifications didn’t exist at the (many times) that the books of the Bible were being written. In fact, a big chunk of the Old Testament existed in the oral tradition before it was transcribed. So did the Gospels. So the composition of those texts is not like the composition of modern fiction. read more

The Bible is considered to be non-fiction and is invariably catalogued as such in libraries. This is true, whether or not it is judged to report historical events. Exactly the same logic applies to the scriptures of all recognised religions. read more

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