Remember that the bible is a collection of works from different places and times.
You get some literary works in the bible that are intentional fiction written to prove a real point, like the book of Job. This book was written specifically as a foil against hero’s journey narrative, to point out that sometimes bad things happen to good people, and it’s not something they can overcome under their own strength — and that this entirely misses the point of life in the first place.
There’s not really any reason to compare biblical narrative (or any other parts) to hero’s journey narrative, because the bible is already one of the most studied canons in the world; a lot of literary analysis techniques were developed with biblical works as their main referant.
Remember that the bible is a collection of works from different places and times.
You get some literary works in the bible that are intentional fiction written to prove a real point, like the book of Job. This book was written specifically as a foil against hero’s journey narrative, to point out that sometimes bad things happen to good people, and it’s not something they can overcome under their own strength — and that this entirely misses the point of life in the first place.
There’s not really any reason to compare biblical narrative (or any other parts) to hero’s journey narrative, because the bible is already one of the most studied canons in the world; a lot of literary analysis techniques were developed with biblical works as their main referant.