What order should I read the Bible in? I have a Catholic one.
Start with the Jews.
Chronological?
Or first the New Testament and then the Old because it's hard to go through all of the old just like that.
Start with the greeks
>>8097047
If you are a Christian and interested in the life of Jesus Christ, I recommend starting with the books closest in time to Jesus whose authenticity is actually 100% sure, i.e. the letters of Paul.
I noticed the kjv isn't on the list of Catholic-approved translations. What's the /lit/-approved english translation?
>>8097047
Randomly. There is no logic or order to the way the books are printed. It's all the result of endless bickering between the various Church fathers, bishops and emperors, until one of them took the whole sheaf and smacked it down hard on the table: "This is how it stays and I don't want to hear another word about it!"
>>8097047
Depends on how religious you are.
If you are coming from a mostly secular background I'd suggest starting with the books of Solomon, mainly Ecclesiastes and Proverbs. These are full of aphorisms, maxims and general life lessons that, for the most part, don't deal with God.
If you're more interested in learning about the Gospels and Life of Christ, start with Matthew and then read the other Apostles before moving on to the Church letters as the latter are mostly advice for living in Christ and how best to proselytize and some ritualistic doctrine.
If you want a full blown history, get yourself he Book of Enoch and then the Book of Jubilees and start there. Everything up until Exodus is super abridged and full of shitty translation errors; the most glaring one is serpent in almost all instances should be translated to Seraphim as its the same in Aramaic and the book of Enoch gives you the proper context.
After all that feel free to move on to the Apocrypha but avoid the Occult shit at all costs.
>>8097179
Thanks for the insight, friend.
Start with the Gospels, then read Genesis and parts of the remaining four books of the Torah. There is no real, good order to the books of the Bible other than those.
>>8097096
Best translations in English are Douay-Reims, RSV 2nd Catholic Edition, and Knox.
>>8097054
apex kek
>>8097096
>KJV on Catholic-Approved translation
>KJV
>Catholic
Are you mentally ill or what?
>>8097047
Read Genesis and Exodus, skip Leviticus and Deuteronomy, read Judges and 1st+2nd Kings. Then read Daniel, Ezra and Nehemiah. Then read the Gospels followed by Revelation. The rest is mostly prophetic or instructive.
>>8099822
*read Joshua and Judges
