Which books of the bible should I read?
Preferably all of them, but if not:
Read the Torah: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Number, Deuteronomy.
Read the beautiful stuff: Ecclesiastes, Job, Song of Solomon
Read Isaiah, the only prophetic work required to fully understand the weight of the NT
Read all of the Gospels. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
Read Acts.
Primary Epistles: Romans, Corinthians, Ephesians, Timothy, Hebrews, 1/2/3 John
And of course read Revelation.
>>8281625
All of these and also Daniel
>>8281625
lol don't read Leviticus or Numbers or Deuteronomy unless you really want to. It isn't necessary unless for study.
Also not mentioned, Proverbs and Isaiah
>>8281659
I said Isaiah and agree proverbs should be added.
Just read everything, what a faggot you are, do you read random chapters from every book you start?
>>8281711
I'm only reading it to help me understand its influence on lit and culture, and if I can skip certain parts then that's however many pages I can read of something else.
I guess the question I should've asked is what books can I skip?
>>8281725
Do you think that our culture and lit have been influenced only by a few parts? You can skip the genealogies at most but skipping anything else is retarded.
>>8281725
Psalms, Numbers, Leviticus, Deuteronomy. There thats like half the old testament
>>8281725
>that's however many pages I can read of something else.
>implying reading any parts of the Bible is a waste of time
god these pseuds
First few books are boring as fuck, especially Leviticus, listing off furniture and shit
>>8281747
4/39
Not even close to half
>>8281735
>>8281750
Of course the whole thing is relevant and probably worth reading, but obviously some books are going to be more influential than others. I have a big reading list and the bible isn't at the top, so right now I only want to read the most influential parts. Also I've heard that reading the bible front to back isn't the best way to read it, at least when starting out.
>>8281625
Also Jonah because of the relevance in Moby-Dick
>>8281756
pagecount, boyo
>>8281780
Sorry 233/993 in mine
So a quarter.
Genesis
Exodus
Deuteronomy
Samuel
Kings
Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
Daniel
The New Testament
>>8281793
Why Samuel and kings?
>>8281799
Theological history of the Israelites
JOB.
