Comments on: Why Is There No Jewish Narnia? [Updated] http://www.aslanscountry.com/2010/02/why-is-there-no-jewish-narnia/ Up-to-the-Minute Voyage of the Dawn Treader Silver Chair Narnia Movie News! Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:34:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Boke_Wyrm http://www.aslanscountry.com/2010/02/why-is-there-no-jewish-narnia/#comment-565 Boke_Wyrm Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:37:38 +0000 http://www.aslanscountry.com/?p=2322#comment-565 In classic "Two-Jews-Three-Opinions" fashion, there are some responses to Weingrad: http://volokh.com/2010/02/27/is-there-really-no-jewish-fantasy-literature/ Check out the list of Jewish fantasy authors from Adherents.com. In classic “Two-Jews-Three-Opinions” fashion, there are some responses to Weingrad:

http://volokh.com/2010/02/27/is-there-really-no-jewish-fantasy-literature/

Check out the list of Jewish fantasy authors from Adherents.com.

]]> By: Boke_Wyrm http://www.aslanscountry.com/2010/02/why-is-there-no-jewish-narnia/#comment-564 Boke_Wyrm Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:29:43 +0000 http://www.aslanscountry.com/?p=2322#comment-564 There is a lot of value in what he says. Fundamentally, Judaism puts its emphasis is on sanctification of this life, less about salvation in the next world. That does favor science fiction over fantasy. I would only add that Man and God are rejoined in Judaism by the Scripture itself; Christianity tells of a Person who accomplished the same. It is very hard to write a story with a Book as a character. It would be (dare I say?) Kafkaesque. Interesting article. There is a lot of value in what he says. Fundamentally, Judaism puts its emphasis is on sanctification of this life, less about salvation in the next world. That does favor science fiction over fantasy. I would only add that Man and God are rejoined in Judaism by the Scripture itself; Christianity tells of a Person who accomplished the same. It is very hard to write a story with a Book as a character. It would be (dare I say?) Kafkaesque. Interesting article.

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