What other books are as old as the Bible?

With that said, this list covers what are widely believed to be the oldest books in the Bible.

• Book of Judges. Year Written: c.10th century BCE.
• Book of Joshua. Year Written: c.15th century BCE.
• Book of Deuteronomy. Year Written: c.1446 – c.1406 BCE.
• Book of Numbers.
• Book of Leviticus.
• Book of Exodus.
• Book of Genesis.
• Book of Job.

What should I read after the Odyssey?

Touchstones

• The Iliad by Homer.
• The Oresteia: Agamemnon / The Libation Bearers / The Eumenides by Aeschylus.
• The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides.
• The Golden Ass.
• The Anabasis [in translation] by Xenophon.
• The Argonautica by Apollonius of Rhodes.
• Theogony / Works and Days by Hesiod.

What books relate to Odyssey?

The best books on The Odyssey

• The Greek Plays. by Aeschylus, Euripides & Sophocles.
• The Aeneid (Robert Fitzgerald translation) by Virgil.
• Collected Ancient Greek Novels. by B. P. Reardon (translator)
• Paradise Lost. by John Milton.
• The Penelopiad. by Margaret Atwood.

What books did the Odyssey influence?

Irish poet James Joyce’s modernist novel Ulysses (1922) was significantly influenced by the Odyssey. Joyce had encountered the figure of Odysseus in Charles Lamb’s Adventures of Ulysses, an adaptation of the epic poem for children, which seems to have established the Latin name in Joyce’s mind.

Why is the Bible the best book in the world?

It has the “ring of truth” to all who love the same. This book contains a message at its very core. It is a message to all people everywhere, in every time period, relevant to their everyday lives. It claims to be the very words of God… an audacious claim, for sure.

What books have sold more than the Bible?

At the top of the list, unsurprisingly, is the Bible. The Guinness Book of World Records estimates that more than 5 billion copies of the Bible have been printed. Other religious texts are also high on the list: the Quran with 800 million copies, the Book of Mormon with 120 million.

How many days are in the Iliad and Odyssey?

If we count only the days where some events are narrated, there are nine such days in The Iliad (days 1, 10, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 51). The events of The Odyssey take 40 days: Day 1: Athena and Telemachus on Ithaca (I). Day 2: Council at Ithaca (II).

How long did the voyage of Odysseus last?

The voyage of Odysseus (Ulysses) lasted another ten years: 1184-1174 BC. This voyage is covered in the Odyssey. PS. These dates are traditional.

When does Odysseus return to Ithaca after the Trojan War?

Odysseus returns to Ithaca about 20 years after he goes to the Trojan war. The Trojan War went on for ten years: 1194-1184 BC. This war is covered in the Iliad. The voyage of Odysseus (Ulysses) lasted another ten years: 1184-1174 BC.

What books should everyone read at least once?

Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once 1 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4.28 2 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (H 3 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 4.27 4 The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 5 1984 by George Orwell 4.19 avg rating —