about to read this for the first time...
what should i expect?
anime shit
lot of chronicles and autistic amount of facts, its not that much "spiritual shit" actually its more about history
>>8132853
>>8132836
>>8132886
hey the second post is right
>>8132829
Probably shouldn't just have a go at it cover-to-cover.
Start with the Gospels, then Revelation, Genesis, Exodus, Job, Ecclesiastes, Proverbs, Romans, etc.
an insightful look into a very large religion.
>>8132829
Everything.and nothing
What translation anon? I'm planning on getting the KJV later on so meanwhile I'm reading the RSV I found in my mother's house.
Read the Gospels first in order. Skip the genealogies knowing that the point of them is that Jesus is descended from a great king on both sides of His family, and that He was born a number of generations later that has numerological significance.
KJV for a good reading, NASB for a very literal reading.
Read the nag hammadi library instead, much better
Jesus dies, that's pretty much the whole plot of the book, you don't even need to read it now.
Have a look at pic related instead.
>>8134167
Proof you didn't read it
>>8134195
And he comes back too, but that part is bullshit because it is impossible.
>>8134167
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>>8132836
with lots of winsest
>>8134378
Go back to /k/, edgelord.
OP, I'm hijacking your thread to ask if there's any sort of "guide" out there to comprehensively read the bible? It's a very confusing and hard read if read like a normal book cover to cover from what I've heard.
>>8134410
Friend, go to the site Bible Gateway and then reading plans, there are reduced chronological reading, historical reading plans and alot others. Good luck
>he fell for the bible meme
>>8134422
Thank you, I'll check that out.
>>8134378
Who is this semen sauce boss?
You'll be reading a lot of good information and interesting ideas and strategies to use in your own life, then you learn about Jesus...
a book of of made-up,fucking fairy tales
>>8134605
>>8132829
It's a hell of a read.
The Old Testament is all history. If you want, you can skip that at first. The first four books of the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John) is one of the more important parts of the book. Read those first. The rest of the book can also be put off for now. It's very interesting though. 10/10, would recommend.
I'm like 800 pages in and I'm reading the Psalms and they are boring as shit.
Book of Job is GOAT. It's a very very complex piece of writing. I wasn't expecting it to hit me as hard as it did.
I can't wait to get to the NT, but I know I have like 300+ more pages of OT historical battles and stuff to slog through before then.I skipped Chronicles, and regret reading Leviticus (man, was that boring).
>>8132829
I've tried reading it multiple times, can never get past genesis or whenever they start listing off all the names. It's really a terrible piece of writing if the quality stays at that level the whole time, what a hack of a book. I should probably skip to the better/more historically significant parts, but I just like to do things all or nothing. It's a weakness I suppose
>Considered an undiscovered avant garde masterpiece and supposedly the Ulysses of my City, and possibly the only worthwhile book taking place in it.
>No library in my City has it.
>Only one shitty paperback from 1968 for sale on Amazon costing $200
Has anyone here gotten a hold of this and read it, either print or digital?
>>8135154
which translation are you reading?
>>8134346
With God all things are possible.
>>8135206
KJV
>>8135193
no but there's a few on ebay for the $30 price range
who here ecclesiastes?
>>8132829
to be bored
>>8135253
>ecclesiastes
if only more of the memester's here actually read this
it's proto "notes from the underground"
>>8135253
here
>>8134410
Get The New Oxford Annotated Bible, you can download it over the internet. It uses NRSV translation, which is the most historically accurate out there, and it has a commentary in the footnotes.
>>8132829
LIES
>>8132829
A pretty interesting book with some really good stories and some really dry ones.
>>8135489
If the writers of the Bible had the audacity to lie about the nature and revelations of God, without fear of His wrath, they were either heathens or atheists.
>>8135485
>It uses NRSV translation, which is the most historically accurate out there,
better than NASB?
>>8137056
I think there's a flowchart of this somewhere, and KJV and NASB are apparently the most faithful translations.
>>8132829
It's mostly irony and satire, so keep your wits about you.
>>8137686
good reddit
>>8137688
Haha :))
>>8137688
Nice one XD
>>8137686
Upvoted :P
>>8134569
Moses
>>8132829
Please, for the love of God, get books on Christian/Jewish Ethics, or at-least some form of primer, in order to explain the concepts present within the OT in particular. If you jump into it without experience, you will be confused.
Also, I recommend the RSV, not the King James.
>>8132829
i just finished metamorphoses and now i'm going straight into the bible...
'm going to read it back to back... i think i should be finished before september, probably mid august.
if you keep posting we can see how far the other is and compare notes. my code name is biblebrah
it shows a lot about human behavior. Our fears and desires, what makes us tick.
yes it is fiction, if you are honest with yourself you will see that instantly.
But you'll also see history and humanity in it. There is a reason billions of people believe this absurdness
You should expect: Incest, God's anger, God's wrath, Death, Jesus' parables, a lot of weird symbolism, angels (as they are his personal messengers, read about Michael in the book of revelations for example, or the angel used for Sodom and Gomorrah to help Lot and his family).
There is so much to expect so it's hard to put all of this in one post, but I happen to have read the new testament years ago, now reading the old. I also happen to have more than the average scriptural knowledge probably, since I hang out with a Jehovah witness and go to their meetings frequently.
Why don't I pull out some of my favourite quotes from my notepad document?
Romans 12:14
Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.
Romans 13:21
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
John 10:11
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.
Luke 10:19
Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents
and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Revelation 1:8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, says the Lord,
"who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
Revelation 9:11
And they had as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon.
>>8139411
tl:;dr
>>8139414
>>8139386
It isn't fiction. Fiction is written by an author knowing that the work isn't true but without the intent to deceive the audience. Even if you disbelieve the Bible's claims you'd still have to classify it as nonfiction, since the writers and original audiences believed it.
>>8134569
fkng lol
>>8139434
By that definition the Book of Mormon is nonfiction.
>Start reading Genesis
>Get to chapter 12
>All these fucking names, Jesus fuck. How am I supposed to remember any of these?
>Half this shit is just retarded and God comes across as an asshole
>Get bored
>Go jerk off to Porn
If there's a Hell, then I'm going to it. Fuck it.
>>8139434
I don't think most of the original writers would have classified their work as nonfiction, actually. A lot of it is allegorical fiction, lyrical poetry, etc.
>>8137056
If you ever end up studying New Testament in college you are probably going to use NRSV. I think its the same for OT as well.
>>8132829
Jesus dies
>>8140403
good reddit!
>>8139626
I'm also reading the bible and just skip the 30children of every character, who cares really, it's not relevant at all.
Get ready to see how much Christianity changed and modernized itself and compare it to shitty Islam which still takes everything in its holy book literally.
read Job and Revelations. you can skip the rest. Job is good when looked at as a philosophical text, and Revelations is just entertaining.
>>8132829
An incomplete story written to be an ongoing work, that's been self censored through time.
>>8132829
The most evil thing ever created by mankind, other than the quran.
>>8134802
>New Testament
It's literally fanfiction, old testament or fuck off.
Why David was punished for making a census?
Were Solomon's lions real, or from gold?
>>8140652
No, at least not in order, read revelations at the end
>>8140582
"thing"
-calls the holy bible "thing"
-"evil"
-Quran
Go away, troll.
>>8133732
KJV is the canon version.
>>8140459
>Revelations is just entertaining
This is mostly why I'm still reading through the Bible. I heard there's dragons.
>>8132829
God is a dick.
There. Saved you from having to read this badly written fantasy trash.
>>8141510
>>8139411
SJW homilies
>>8132829
Expect half fact and half fiction
You should read this book instead, 100% fact :)
>>8132829
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEVaXyu0lWc
>>8141510
Youve probably never even read it either. Faggot.
>>8132829
>what should i expect?
>begat
>begat
>begat
>begat
>>8141925
I'm looking to study orthodox judaism, any tips?
>>8142011
Hey, I'm doing the same thing. Are you eventually thinking of converting? My answer will depend on that.
>>8141945
funny
>Hans Christian Anderson wrote better fairy tails desu senpai
>>8139597
>implying it isn't
If youre reading just to read make sure you read the noncanon Ethiopian books
>>8132829
a meme
