Bible and Tolkien? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

VanimaEdhel · 03-31-2002, 05:37 PM

Hmmm...familiar topic, huh Bruce? LOL.

Well...although I am nowhere NEAR as skilled in Tolkien as all of you, I noticed this two. And I do not know whether Tolkien realized it/meant it/whatever (he said he does not use allegory in his books, but who knows what went on in that deep mind of his?). You have read The Sil, yes? The language in the beginning is so Biblical...I loved it (I'm so not Christian or Jewish that I got a real kick out of it: I was laughing!).

03-31-2002, 05:37 PM	#1
VanimaEdhel Etheral Enchantress Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wellesley College! Posts: 1,461	Hmmm...familiar topic, huh Bruce? LOL. Well...although I am nowhere NEAR as skilled in Tolkien as all of you, I noticed this two. And I do not know whether Tolkien realized it/meant it/whatever (he said he does not use allegory in his books, but who knows what went on in that deep mind of his?). You have read The Sil, yes? The language in the beginning is so Biblical...I loved it (I'm so not Christian or Jewish that I got a real kick out of it: I was laughing!). __________________ "I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each others dreams, we can be together all the time." - Hobbes of Calvin and Hobbes

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