As the canon of Western mythos and philosophy (despite its
Eastern origins),
The Bible has influenced fiction since the
time of the flood. This supertrope deals with biblical motifs featured in everything from
epic poetry to the newest issue of your favorite
shonen manga.
Character tropes explicitly based on biblical figures:
Tropes dealing with specific biblical events or conventions:
Compare
Hijacked By Jesus for works that bend other religions and their motifs to biblical archetypes. See
Crystal Dragon Jesus for works that feature biblical motifs under the
guise of separate religions.
For works that explicitly quote
The Bible, see
As the Good Book Says.
Note: Biblical Motifs begin and end with The Bible. A trope may deal with a Jewish or Christian concepts and still be unrelated to the canon.
