/lit/ - Literature

>>6613497
Kek.

Not the other anon, but I have done quite a bit of biblical work in college and the academic consensus is that he definitely existed. If you doubt jesus existed then you would also need to doubt the existence of several other ancient people. For instance, The Anabasis of Alexander by Arrian was written in the 2nd century AD and it is the most important source on Alexander the Great; however, it was written some 400 years after his death. On the other hand, Jesus' life is accounted for at the earliest with Paul's 1st epistle to the Thessalonians in about 52 AD less than 20 years after his purported death in 33 AD; moreover, he is obviously mentioned by the 3 synoptic gospels before the end of the 1st century AD.

Stop watching garbage like the Zeitgeist movies and open a scholarly book.

>>6563514
The Gospel of John. Pretty great so far; however, I have been reading Jerome's Latin version, and his latin prose is really meh compared to the Cicero I have read.

>>6521818
Genesis, Exodus, Daniel, Esther, Ruth, Jonah, Isaiah, Job, ecclesiastes, and psalms are all great; there are parts of the Joshua-Judges-Samuel-Kings section that I rather enjoy, but it can get tedious. The law books are admittedly awful.

I think the 4 gospels+acts are good reads as well as revelation. I am not a big fan of Paul though.

That is all to say I think the majority of the bible is actually pretty aesthetic.

>>6398614
The Gospel according to John is probably mine. I am a lukewarm catholic with serious reservations about the historicity of the Bible, and moreover I am rather skeptical of christian eschatology. Nevertheless, John's Gospel too me is sublime. Even if you aren't a christian, I recommend at least reading this. Exodus is probably a close second followed by Genesis. Good stuff.