Talk:Books of the Bible/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: ItsZippy (talk · contribs) 12:11, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Hi there, I shall review this article for you. I'll leave my comments, feedback and final assessment shortly. ItsZippy (talk • contributions) 12:11, 16 February 2012 (UTC)


 * I'm not formally reviewing this, but I wonder whether it might be better to work the article towards featured list status instead. Just a thought. --He to Hecuba (talk) 14:12, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
 * That's a possibility, but it would drastically change the nature of the article. I think that, because of the controversy around which books form the Biblical canon, it would be difficult to have a list which includes all the books, remains neutral, and manages to discuss all of the issues involved - once you achieve that, you're on the way to a good/featured article again. Also, there is probably a lot of history, reception, etc which needs to be covered here that could not be in a featured list. ItsZippy (talk • contributions) 17:07, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I just wonder what would differentiate this article from Biblical canon if further developed. They treat roughly the same subject in fairly similar ways. --He to Hecuba (talk) 17:09, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's true - I'd forgotten about that article. In which case, a list format might be better. We'd probably need to establish the consensus first, but I can see the merits of the idea. ItsZippy (talk • contributions) 18:27, 16 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Certainly the Biblical canon article should be the one to discuss issues over which books have been included (or excluded) and why. However, there is still a lot that ought to be covered here.  There are traditional groupings of books that are not explained, such as which books are "prophecy" and what this means (and how this differs between the Hebrew Tanakh and Christian Old Testament), which are "history", and so on.  There also ought to be a summary about the time, place, and language in which most of the books were composed and then written down.  There is a lot that could be included here without duplicating content of the article on canonicity.  Most of all, there need to be many more scholarly references, which should be plentiful. --EncycloPetey (talk) 20:04, 19 February 2012 (UTC)