/lit/ - Literature

>>11350989
job / revelation

>>11351000
>why
ups
job because it addresses deep questions that people have about suffering in a beautiful way, and revelation because it has some of the most powerful and interesting passages.

favorite passage is rev 19:11
>I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war.
>His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God.
>The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean.
>Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.”a He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.
>On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

>>11350989
One for old and new testament. Job and John.
>In the beginning was the Word.

ecclesiastes because it's really edgy

>>11351018
> Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell Me, if you have understanding,
Who set its measurements? Since you know.
Or who stretched the line on it?

>>11351041
>tells you to enjoy life
>"edgy"

>Favorite book
Job
>Why
Because of Chesterton's essay on it

>>11350989
Revelation because it reveals that Jews are the chosen in 7 and 14 and also that hey’re going to be proselytizing and preaching the New Gospel in the end, not whites. Also, the book is a blueprint for Illuminati nwo so how can you not love that peasant swine worship that Kike?

>>11351018
>He has a name written on him that no one knows
>his name is the Word of God
What did he mean by this?

>>11350989

Jonah, because I too am angry at society and wish everyone would die sometimes, but have felt the spiritual power of the argument "they're people though".

Ecclesiastes

>while I was still searching but not finding-- I found one upright man among a thousand, but not one upright woman among them all.

Judges because Samson is really big and doesn't afraid of anything.

>>11350989
Genesis- variety
1, 2 Samuel- David

>>11350989
The Book of Rodney
>What doth it profit a man if he gains the whole world but don't get no respect, no respect at all? Are you kidding me? C'mon?

Genesis
>Complex, great stories
Ecclesiastes
>Everything is meaningless, did not expect that
Song of songs
>Still have not read a greater love poem
Job
>Love the irony
As for not
>John, it's the best gospel
>Hebrews, cause it's beautiful

Esther
Because Jewish waifus and also it's probably the most /lit/ book
and purim is lit desu senpai

None because I don't care to worship a Jew on a stick.

>>11350989
1 Samuel.

>>11350989
Genesis because it contains the story of Adam and Eve, Noah, Cain and Abel, and the purging of Sodom and Gomorrah.

>>11350989
everyone on /lit/ loves Job and Ecclesiastes

>>11352635
>He has a name written on him that no one knows which seems to be his name, the Son of God, as the unknown name of the overcomer, in ( Revelation 2:17 ) is a child of God; and the sense is, that his divine nature, in which he is the Son of God, is incomprehensible, and that the begetting or generation of him, as such, is ineffable, ( Proverbs 30:4 ) and that without a divine revelation the name itself could not be known; or it could not be known that God had a Son, and that Christ is he, and bears that name, ( Matthew 11:27 ) ( Matthew 16:16 Matthew 16:17 ) or else his name Immanuel.

1, 2 Samuel because pure battle kino
1, 2 Kings because of Solomon and Elijah
Ecclesiastes, job and Proverbs, good for light daily reading to keep the light on throughout the day
The Book of John because it helps to read a book about Jesus written like an eye witness account

not a favourite book, but one of my fav passages
Matthew 1033 but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.

>>11351041
seconded but unironically
help : (

I really like Ecclesiastes. Ideas expressed are nuanced and counterbalance the Bible's traditional interpretation.

>>11350989

Joshua.

It's the only one I've read. But I remember it being retarded. The one about the Watching Stone seemed pointless.

Daniel
he was 2stronk

>>11350989
S A M U E L
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David and Jonathan, bros for life (RIP ;_:)

>>11350989
Wisdom of Solomon

How has no one mentioned Psalms? It's the most /lit/ book of the OT, if not the entire bible

>>11352954
Probably because they're the only two books that have relevant messages for atheists

>>11354076

the chad daniel vs the virgin david

>>11354286
>virgin david
>the guy who strangled lions with his bare hands when shepherding
>chad daniel
>the guy who simply had a magic circle around him so the lions couldn't harm him
I think you've got them all mixed up

>>11350989
That passage in 2 Kings where 42 little children call elisha a "baldy" and he summons two bears from the forest to eat them alive for it

>>11350989
Matthew; because it contains the Beatitudes.

>>11352762
Oldfag detected

>>11352775
This, plus Ecclesiastes and Ruth

>>11354397
They deserved it.

Job and John are overrated.
Job = cartoonish disaster happens to Job; he curses God and his friends try to persuade him not to with rambling, incoherent arguments; some younger dude says some random thing that somehow changes Job's mind; cartoonish success befalls Job. Chiasm ftw!
John = let's ignore Jesus' advice from Matthew on how to live your actual life, and just focus on promoting the Christian meme with lots of guilting and talk about redemption

>>11354436
The fuck are you talking about? Is everyone who remembers that meme an oldfag now? A-am I an oldfag?

>look up scenes in the bible which produced marvellous paintings and sculptures
>most are a few sentences or words at best
What the fuck

>>11354509
Sometimes the shortest stories hide within them the deepest lore
t. loremaster

>>11350989
Honestly Paul was the best writer so any epistle or book he wrote is pretty dank

I'm too intelligent to read the bible.

>>11354301
guy was the greatest prophet after Moses
he doomed two kings with his bullshit powers, and the they thanked him and gave him gifts

PSALMS
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Because it's the best and if you disagree you should read it more.

>>11351041
This because it btfos nihilists and agrees with them simultaneously

>>11354108
My man, Psalms is perfect

>>11354485
It takes one to 'detect one,' of. But it's not so bad a thing. Clearly of's are the heart and soul of what's left of this board. Anyone <28 isn't worth a fuck. [We] [all] know this..
t. of

>>11355312
Genesis because of Methusalah and all of the other oldfags.

>>11355312
I'm well below that threshold, 6 years, actually. I was pretty young when I started browsing this site. Where age is concerned, I've always been comfortably&intuitively pretending to be quite a bit older on the Internet. I always felt uncomfortable being underage, while I was, so I decided not to be. Pretending to be 18+ when I was actually 13 or 14, and always pulled it off, too, fitting into older communities. I'm like a living, memeing "wrong generation" embodiment where internet usage is concerned. I'm also a hypocrite, I looked down on the underageb&s even when I was their age. Guess I might as well pretend I'm in my 30s now. Don't suppose you'll accept me as 'one of' now, though, will you? Good thing I'm anonymous. Thanks for reading my blogpost
t. not of?

>>11351018
>Job
>Addresses deep questions that people have about suffering in beautiful way


Hey God your people suck.

Nuh uh Satan, Job really likes me.

Prove it

K, lemme just shit all over Job's life for no reason. I'll murder his family, but he'll get a new one in the end so it's fine.

>>11352860
Underrated post

Is there any deep meaning behind the story of Noah?

Just god says people suck so I'm gonna murder them all. Noah does the boat and is cool, Good apparently stops doing hard reboots after that.

Seems almost inconsequential, despite the world ending and all.

>>11352860
Extremely overrated post

>>11356038
Shalom Rabbi!

>>11354648
> I'm too intelligent to read the bible.
Cant actually read

ecclesiastes. basically encapsulates the game of metaphysical philosophy up to this very day and forever more. im christian but even went to jewish study classes on this book (they call it kohelet), its really worth studying

>>11355456
Well? Exceptions prove (in the sense of test) the rule. I was this way, reading seriously since the age of 10, seriously collecting books by 14, hanging out with people 5 to10 yrs older than me, in one instance well over 30 years, the like. In hs I felt old, removed from what was going on, etc. All this btw has the strange effect of keeping (you) whomever, one, 'young'. If being young was feeling old, then being old (and feeling old) *ultimately* feels pretty much like what being young was like, at least for me.
If youve tapped into the spirit then congratulations of. Youre on the right path. Towards what? Who cares.

>>11356015
Strawman
>Hey satan, look, Job loves me
>He only loves you because you gave him nice things
>strips him of nice things
>still loves God
>God repays his faith

>>11352860
>>11356026
>>11356038
Cringe

>>11356194
Here have a (((you)))

Job, Ecclesiastes, Psalms, Song of Songs, Lamentations, and the book of Wisdom.

>>11356241
>that guy who drops a whole list when asked for a favorite
don't be that guy, anon. do you like being that guy?

>>11354911
Agreed.

I’m an Ecclesiastes fag just because of the Hemmingway reference.

For. New Testament I think I’d go with Mark - was he really the son of god? Well they buried him and the next day he was gone. Really makes you think.

>>11356186
>>strips him of nice things
>murdering his family and robbing his health

anon, you wont go to hell even if you realize this book is awful

>>11357554
>his family will still die one day
>his health will still fail one day
>still loves God after loosing both
Also his story gives solace to millions throughout the generations passed him.

>>11357554
Satan is just a literary device. The entire point of Job is that shit happens for no discernible reason, even if you're a faithful follower of God. The book ends with God coming down and asking Job if he knows all the things God does and it ends with Job acknowledging that his understanding is limited and he should put his faith in God because ultimately only God knows the consequences of allowing good and bad things to happen.

There's also a second minor point where God rebukes Jobs friends for trying to pin the blame on Job without knowing what the fuck they were talking about, which is the secondary point in the book which is just because bad things happen doesn't mean they're a punishment from God, as Jobs friends continually assert.

>Favorite book
Romans
>Why
Because of its many foundational chapters of very rich theology., Romans 1, Romans 8.5 and Romans 8 in particular. Romans 1 on man's radical infallibility and Romans 8 on God's ultimate plan of salvation. Not to mention Romans 5 which influenced me to Calvinism and its influence on Luther with his doctrine on justification.

>>11350989
Leviticus

>>11352647
It's really amazing to me how much more I empathize with Jonah as I get older. I always thought he was so stupid when I was a kid.

>>11358181
>The entire point of Job is that shit happens for no discernible reason, even if you're a faithful follower of God.
This. As a side note, it peeves me when people interpret the book as "if you're suffering, it means God is testing you." Job never finds out he was being tested and the whole scenario kind of seems like a one-time thing. The real moral is that like Job, you don't know why God does what he does and you just have to accept it anyway.

>>11350989
Psalms because although I've read none of the Bible in its entirety, it is aphoristic and thus easier to read.

>>11358446
>God let Hitler exist because he's secretly a postmodernist who wanted to induce a general sense of nihilism and waywardness to all of mankind
>You just have to accept it tho

I take it you're Catholic?

>>11358409
there is some good symbolism in Leviticus. the laws show the character of God.

like for sin offerings of flour, it specifically says not to embellish the offering with spices of Frankincense, which is a sweet savor unto the Lord.

This can be seen as a message to the people of the attitude with which they should acknowledge their sins

>>11352860
i did not think atheists could possibly say stupider things and yet here is this post

>>11350989
Revelation 7: The gang finds out who was behind Christianity

>>11358533
What did he mean by this?

>>11350989
judges. i just like it

>>11350989
Genesis, because it's the only one I've read

>Song of Songs
Best love poem ever, rich in so many subtexts, so many interpretations possible, erotic desire glorified in light of true love, absolute enigma in terms of its role in the Bible canon for Christians and Jews alike, both lovers could be interpreted as two very simple people glorified by their love to the position of royalty. According to Rabbi Akiva of IV century:
>For all of eternity in its entirety is not as worthy as the day on which Song of Songs was given to Israel, for all the Writings are holy, but Song of Songs is the Holy of Holies."
>Wisdom of Sirach
Very beatifully written, most practical and pragmatic book of OT, advice it gives is timeless, very underrated probably because of its deuterocanonical status
>Book of Jonah
Most relatable character of OT, simple, short and elegant
>Psalms
Great, varied poetry with themes relatable to this very day, if you're Christian then you should try praying with them

NT:
>Gospel of John
I always find it most interesting from literary standpoint.
>Hymn in the beginning
>Last supper
Greatest "scenes" in Gospels imvho
>Paul's epistles
I won't choose on favourite, because there are too many great passages. Let's just say that even after two millenia you can feel how ardent and genuine Paul's faith were
>Revelations
Most imaginative book of all canon, scary in its epic scope and yet promising a new world. People get too hanged up on Beast and other famous figures imvho

>>11350989
Reading Tobit now. Nobody talks about Tobit, but it be good.

>>11350989
>Favorite books
Gospels
>favorite character
Jesus
Also revelation, I really like the sheer scale and darkness and insanity of the thing.

>>11358181
Except what's the moral then...believe in God just because?

The problem is that it works out for job, he passes his "test," then god rewards him. Regardless of whether you feel the test and reward are horrible, in real life some people just suffer and die without ever having any form of reward.

>>11352860

>>11359442
Keep up a stiff lip even when you suffer and you may get through the toughest of times?

>>11356194
>>11358524
>>11359462

Exodus. The Ten Commandments were written thousands of years ago and even to this day people are still finding out all that stuff is bad.

>>11359577
Why don't we just listen?

Isaiah, because of its insight to divine destiny, its overwhelming theocentrism (in the futility of man's free agency)

>>11358230
Genuinely surprised to see another Calvinist around these parts

semper reformanda brother

>>11350989
Epistle of James. 5 chapters over 4 1/2 pages, it tells you everything you need to know to live your life like a christian. If your never read any other part of the bible, read this. If you have no belief, read this. If nothing else, it will give you guidance in living your life. Even if you choose not to be a christian.

>>11350989
Wisdoms

>>11359803
By Calvinist is old school Baptist meant?

>>11352860
This, but unironically.

>>11359967
No, though Primitive Baptism is generally Calvinistic.

Personally I attend a Presbyterian church, though theologically there's only a trivial difference between my congregation and a local Dutch Reformed church.

>>11359442
No the reward under the new covenant is everlasting life.

>>11352860
Based.

>>11354397
17 and 18 year olds were owning their own homes and fighting back even in the American revolution, they had to be like adults to survive.
You really think that 15 year olds in a harsh and uncivilized environment even before Christ were little kids?

>>11356031
Nephilim had arrived and were destroying the world

>>11350989
Job, because of how he gets rekt when God finally answers him

>>11350989
ITT: Christians who think their "New Testament" is part of the bible and just a random heretical book written by some faggot

>>11361061
So?
Idk I guess I don't really have an answer about Noah, just seems like a hollow story.

I wish God would flood the earth right now.

>>11358181
>Satan is just a literary device.
imagine being this much of a brainlet. Any real Christian certainly does not believe this. It is only in the modern world where we've abolished the idea of hell or any true evil.

>>11350989
Gospel of John

>>11361974
Maybe man doesn't need the help.

>>11350989
My favorite book in the old testament is Song of Songs. It's the essential erotic masterpiece. My favorite in the new testament is Book of Luke. It's the gospel that pretty much shows why Jesus is praised as a philosopher as much as a miracle-worker.

>>11361941
What so?
We're talking about demons walking openly on earth, that's why the flood occurred

>>11350989
In terms of sheer breadth of stories and literary influence it should be Genesis.

>>11350989
Exodus, obviously. Got the most action. Real page-turner. Is Genesis the one that has the story here a bunch of fag Arabs surround a house with male angels in it and demand they let the angels out so they can fuck them? It was either in Soddom or Gommorah. It was the craziest shit I ever read.

>>11362273
Then, to save the angels, he sends his own daughters out to be raped instead. That was sick.

>>11354479
>he curses God
nope

>>11350989
Revelations because finishing it meant that I could stop reading the Bible.

>>11361974
I should clarify, I didn't mean Satan is a literary device in general, just in Job, because the events in Job didn't actually happen. It's a story meant to impart a moral message.

>>11350989
Bible reared but not Bible beloved, so don't mind my vagueness:
>whichever book(s) chronicle the Isrealite conquests and related periods (Davy 'n Bigboi, Jericho, most of Exodus [I think], Samson's story, and King Davy)
>Also the Jman is cool as fuck, bums me out that people are starting to flip flop on him because it's really in to hate on religion right now and the ol' cross is at the top of that trash fire

>>11358461
The acceptance of suffering in life is what one must do though senpai, the Catholics got it right.

which of the 4 gospels is y'alls favourite? i like matthew; reading sermon on the mount is really nice whenever i'm going through a tough time

>>11352647
>>11358418
Jonah is so great. Love the ending too.

Deuteronomy, especially the last chapter, but in general the whole book is amazing.

Genesis, and the part where a woman tells a man to do something, he does it and she starts complaining that he did it.

The amount of wisdom there is incredible.

>>11363763
Yeah, pretty much all you need to know about relationships between men and women is found in the first few chapters of Genesis.

>>11363639
I refuse to believe Deuteronomy is actually anyone's favorite. Easily the most boring book of the bible

>>11350989
Ecclesiastes for obvo reasons

>>11362723
Except they did happen.