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Anonymous Wed Jan 2 22:28:12 2019 No.12333506 [Reply] [Original]

which classics can I read before the Bible?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 2 22:29:24 2019 No.12333518 Epic of Gilgamesh and the Enuma Elis.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 2 22:29:35 2019 No.12333519 >>12333506 whatever you like nothing matters lmao

>>	« ƸЖƷ » Wed Jan 2 22:29:59 2019 No.12333523 All of them I read the bibble and you don’t need to

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 2 23:20:20 2019 No.12333810 >>12333523 namefag is retarded as usual. Bible is necessary for 90% of great books that came after it

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 2 23:25:33 2019 No.12333842 the histories by herodotus the peleponesian war by thucydides the illiad the odyssey the aeneid the history of rome by livy the commentaries by julius ceasar all kinds of old stuff translated for us to read

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 2 23:59:26 2019 No.12334029 >>12333842 what about plato and aristotle?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 3 00:03:52 2019 No.12334052 >>12334029 them as well there are a lot of works to list

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 3 00:06:31 2019 No.12334062 >>12333842 >>12333506 I second this one, if you want to do it this way, start historically. Now the most fun imho would be to start with Old Testament and in paralell read upon Mesopotamian and neighboring regions as well.