re: #506 McSpiff

As an atheist, that’s quite clearly what they are to me. Stuff, written by people. From my limited understanding, written by multiple people. Could you cite a non-religious source discussing this ‘other character’?

Well, by definition, there’d be very few non-religious types to approach these texts this way.

However, I am aware that Leo Strauss did quite a bit of work in this regard, and would recommend “Persecution and the Art of Writing” as a good intro to his take on these and related matters.