Magical Realism Bible

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Introduction
In order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life, to doubt as far as possible, of all things.
Rene Descartes (1596-1650) My mother is a devout Christian and she always reminds me about the limitless love of God. In addition, she has always urged me to be curious and open-minded when I am travelling the world. Universe is astonishing place that no one can fully understand. The meaning of life is a spiritual and physical puzzle, which is hard to solve. You can destroy your consciousness or you can expand it - literature is a great way to expand it. Magical realism and religion share the same feature of conceptual philosophy and faith. Hence, the holy book of Bible and its great stories comprise features of magical realism. Magical realism literature consists of seven characteristics, which are determined by official authors. Magical Realism describes magical phenomenon and in stories the magic is accepted as a part of everyday life. Bible has affected magical realism because it has had an impact on people who wrote magical realism stories. Moreover, Bible complies with the requirements of magical realism. Bible is a book, written by over forty authors, a collection of 66 books written in three different languages and on three different continents. In addition, Bible is the most distributed book with 5 billion copies in the circulation and it is the most translated book …show more content…

While reading stories about magical realism similarities arouses. The answer for this observation can be explained with the up raising of magical realism authors. The Bible was a part of their Catholic education and therefore affected their story collections. As a reminder Bible satisfies the seven conditions of magical realism and thus can be interpreted as magical realism literature. The following paragraphs introduce Bible texts where magical realism features are faced in history-critical

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