Dear Safranim, Besides my volunteer job in my synagogue library I am employed in a public library shelving books. One of the librarians in the public library asked if there is a Jewish equivalent to the genre of "Christian Fiction." The hope is to balance the collection with Jewish and Moslem fiction that is along the same lines as the Christian fiction.
About Christian Fiction from Wikipedia - "Deborah Bryan of the Kansas Library Association suggests that a Christian fiction writer must comply with certain restraints such as: (1) Accept the truthful authority of the Bible (2) Address dilemmas through faith in Jesus (3) Believe that Jesus died and rose for sins of all people (4) A writer is restricted from writing about certain “taboos.”[8]. She also suggests that this genre of books typically promotes values, teaches a lesson, always has a happy ending (good prevails over evil in all books), adheres to a decency code (certain boundaries such as sexuality, strong language, and topics of such cannot be crossed)..." Some authors who write in this genre are Janette Oke, Karen Kingsbury, Judith McCoy Miller, Tracie Peterson, Bethany Kennedy Scanlon, Tosca Lee and Robert Whitlow. Does Judaism have anything comparable to Christian Fiction? Thank you so much. Anna Lazaroff B'nai Havurah Denver
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