1. "Jewish religious fiction" - note that this is a 650 topical, not a 655 genre (yet)
2. While there is a distinct English language genre as such (oriented to books by and for Orthodox Jews), I'm not sure how this is applied to books with Jewish themes aimed towards broader audiences (e.g. Herman Wouk, Faye Kellerman), as the heading lacks a scope note. As there is also a heading for "Jewish fiction", there is definitely need for a scope note. I'm not sure there is truely a genre, beyond a handful of books aimed more for teaching than anything else, of religious fiction aimed towards non-Orthodox Jews. On Tue, 24 Jul 2012, [email protected] wrote: > > 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 > Aaron Wolfe Kuperman Library of Congress, ABA USPL, Law Cataloging Section This is NOT an official communication from the Library of Congress.
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