The Library
1774 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.
1900–1801 BC
1 work
c. 1900 BC
Egyptian
Anonymous
A man weary of life argues with his own soul about whether to die. Death is before me today, he says, like the scent of myrrh, like the clearing of the sky, like a man's longing to see his house again after years in captivity. The soul argues back and finally agrees to stay with him.
1501–1600
1 work
c. 1516–1546
German
Martin Luther · 1483–1546
Letters to the bereaved, the anxious, the dying, and the suicidal, including several to people in the despair he called Anfechtung and knew himself.
1601–1700
1 work
1666
English
John Bunyan · 1628–1688
A tinker's account of years of torment over whether he had committed the unforgivable sin, with texts of scripture striking him like blows.
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