User:Sophiecampbell2021/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(Provide a link to the article here.) Biblical genre

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.) I saw Biblical Studies and thought there would be some interesting topics within it. I have an interest in religion and have wanted to look more in depth to it and how many different interpretations there are of different books in the Bible. I also had no idea that there were different genres of the Bible.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

It has a good Lead section; creating a substantial overview of what a Bible genre is and how they are classified. The content of this article is alright but does not provide much information on what each genre is besides stating it. You would have to go to different links to get a more in depth view. However the information is fairly up to date, last being reviewed and edited on September 18, 2020. The organization is done fairly well, starting with the most broad topic at the beginning and what it is used for, and getting more narrow towards the end on the specifics of what you can find within this article and the meaning behind it. It also gives examples of why the Bible is used for genre studies instead of other religious texts. There are no images or media. My overall impression of this article is that it is okay and provides other sources to look into to get a more in depth view of each Bible genre for more information. However, withthe lead section there are no citations which makes me wary of where the author got their information from.