What is a Classic

Question 1

Qualities

Answer 1

Endured: stood the test of time
Influenced: powerful and has changed/shaped/defined culture in time
Excellence/Superiority: rises above most others of it’s genre
Presents the Human Experience: “holds a mirror up to nature”

Question 2

Is the Bible a Classic?

Answer 2

Yes, it’s:

• Overwhelmingly literary
• The characteristic way of expressing religious truth in the Bible is quite often through story, poem, vision, and letter.
• By comparison, expository essays, theological discourses, and sermons are a relative rarity in the Bible.
• Jesus one of the greatest storytellers the world has ever known, when asked to define just who his neighbor was, Jesus does not launch into a theological dissertation, he tells a story. A parable of the Good Samaritan