I don't think I was saying that the Bible isn't literature, just that we shouldn't be elevating it to the status of a work of art. The Bible is a proselytising tool. What is in the Bible is highly selective. You could probably compile a substantial alternative Bible from what's been deliberately left out. As I said, I don't deny that there are many lyrical passages in the Bible (though I suspect much is lost, or perverted, in translation). But art it ain't, for the reason I gave before.