/lit/ - Literature

Just finished Genesis. Overall a great book. With many fun adventures across Isreal. Characters were memorable because of their flaws, and it is adorable how God keeps helping them regardless of how many mistakes they make.
The books ends solemnly with the deaths of Jacob and Joseph. I couldn't help but feel sad that the wild ride had come to an end.
There were some silly parts. Like Noah drinking naked, Lot's daughters getting him drunk to sleep with him, and Jacob actually making his dad think he was Esau. I honestly think these were lighthearted moments, meant as jokes more than anything.
The book as a whole feels like a collection of stories parents told their kids to explain the world around them. How it came to be, why we wear clothes, why there are many languages, the geography and names of all the places in the region, and a dive into the behaviors and flaws of humans.
This collection, which came together from the oral traditions of the tribes that gathered to form the Jewish people, is strung together into a flowing narrative, with our good friend and all too human God as it's beating heart. It feels like I have spoken with spirits of peoples long gone. I met them and learned about their hopes, their dreams, their worries, and their humanity.