/lit/ - Literature

>>17355120
Start reading Pslams from day one, and of course the Gospels since the essence of Christianity is the life and teachings of Jesus.

>>16899774


OP, try the meditation exercise in my image before reading the KJV. You will enjoy your reading more if you are in the right place of mind.

As a primer for the KJV, the Bible has two Testaments the Old and the New. But, the Bible was originally published with the Apocrypha which were non-scriptural historical and literary texts that Christians found useful.

The Old Testament has four groups of texts. The first is the Pentateuch or the Giving of the Law of Moses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. The second is the history of Israel: Joshua thru Esther. The third are the books of wisdom Job thru Song of Solomon. The fourth is prophecy: The major prophets (including Lamentations) and the minor prophets.

The most important books in the Old Testament are the Pentateuch, Isaiah, and Daniel. The greatest literary treasure is the book of Job. Ecclesiastes was written for nihilists.

The New Testament opens with the fulfillment of the Law called the Gospels: Matthew, Madk, Luke, John. Then the history of the church: Acts. Then books of wisdom: all of the epistles before Revelations. Then the final book of Prophecy: Revelations.

The order I think you might enjoy reading the Bible is: The Pentateuch, the Gospel of John, then the epistles of John, ending in Revelations.

That's a good place to start.

After that, study what interests you.

>>16907842
>allegory

>>16882641
Religion is the supreme attainment, the most important striving which affects all other aspects of life.

100:6.6.One of the most amazing earmarks of religious living is that dynamic and sublime peace, that peace which passes all human understanding, that cosmic poise which betokens the absence of all doubt and turmoil. Such levels of spiritual stability are immune to disappointment. Such religionists are like the Apostle Paul, who said: "I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else shall be able to separate us from the love of God."

>Hesychasm is a mystical tradition of prayer in the Orthodox Church. It is described in great detail in the Philokalia
>Hesychasm may involve specific body postures, and may be accompanied by deliberate breathing exercises. It involves acquiring an "inner stillness," ignoring the senses.