/lit/ - Literature

>>15080569
bump!

>>15002201
Naturally koine. The best literature is written in it.

Read the Gospel
Follow Christ

>>14924502
Catholicism and Orthodoxy have perceived premium on all of those. Choose between the two and throw Luther and Calvin in the trash.

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>>14601852

This is exactly my goal. I am deeply interested myself in how the writers of the OT was heavily influenced by their peers. You don't have to do much research to find the similarities between stories in the OT and contemporary texts, like the Enuma Elish and The Epic og Gilgamesh.

I think the Old Testament becomes way more interesting if you read it like you don't know whats going to happen. Lots of the stories are very well known in our culture, and interpretations have come along with them. Reading them with a fresh view can make one find more interesting interpretations.

>>14606621
Does it really matter that much which version we choose? Personally, I am Norwegian, and will primarly be reading an old Norwegian translation of the OT. However, I have a pdf of The Jewish Study Bible, which I always read the commentary on after each chapter. I will occasionally look on at newer Norwegian translation, since the one I am reading is focusing more on being poetic, than necessarily translating the word 100% correct.

I actually believe it would enrichen the threads if we use different versions and study bibles. However, I will include the Robert Alter Version in the sticky so people have some options to choose from.

>>12483882
The last one is really meditative. Love them all though

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