/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.16345587]

Alright I'll read the fucking bible. What is the best version on amazon? There's like 10000 different versions

[Anonymous No.16345598]

Jerusalem Bible

[Anonymous No.16345606]

Skeptic's Annotated Bible

[Anonymous No.16345607]

The deez nuts edition

[Anonymous No.16345617]

>>16345607
real mature anon

[Anonymous No.16345618]

>>16345587
KJV and nothing else if you want good prose.

[Anonymous No.16345623]

>>16345617
>real mature anon

[Anonymous No.16345644]

the god delusion

[Anonymous No.16345654]

>>16345587
Not a Christcuck but I find the Orthodox Study Bible to be really good. Obviously its Orthodox so you'll get their take on things but from what I can gather most Christians agree on the fundamentals.

[Anonymous No.16345662]

da jesus book

[Anonymous No.16345693]

Douay-Rheims

[Anonymous No.16345729]

>>16345587
In order of preference:
1. The Didache Bible (or any RSV-2CE version)
2. The New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha
3. A New English Translation of the Septuagint + DB Hart's New Testament

[Anonymous No.16345739]

>>16345587
Orthodox study bible

[Anonymous No.16345745]

Authorized Version, 1769 Oxford Edition.
Ignore 1611 shills.

[Anonymous No.16345759]

>>16345587
KJV as God wrote it

[Anonymous No.16345774]

Life application study Bible
ESV study Bible
CSB study Bible

[Anonymous No.16345779]

>>16345598
Kike
>>16345606
Lame
>>16345607
N
>>16345617
Pure onions
>>16345618
Close but no cigar
>>16345644
Onions
>>16345654
Probably not great for a beginner due to stated bias also
>not a christcuck
Filtered
>>16345693
Cat lick
>>16345729
Id avoid the apocrypha for the first read since its more difficult
>>16345745
Incorrect
The answer is the 1560 geneva (i prefer facsimile)
If you have difficulty reading it go fuck yourself
I find the prose is warmer and more english throughout than the kjv which feels more foreign, which was its explicit purpose in publication, to recognize english as a literary language.

[Anonymous No.16345855]

>>16345779
The Orthodox study bible annotations are very useful to understand the OT.
I always recommend it to people who want to read and understand the Bible.
Too many marcionists are created because people don't get the OT, and no one can explain it to them.

[Anonymous No.16345856]

>>16345779
>due to stated bias
You obviously won't find an "unbiased" version of the bible.
>>16345587
Just go to your nearest church and buy a bible there, don't get bogged down before even reading the book.

[Anonymous No.16345910]

>>16345855
The Marcionites were absolutely correct about the Old Testament. Where they erred was in honoring Paul.

[Anonymous No.16345938]

>>16345855
>>16345856
>>16345910
I cant personally vouch for the osb since ive never read it but i do highly advocate for an advanced knowledge of the ot before the nt.
Marcionism is bs, that very jealous God was jealous out of the love his son exemplified

[Anonymous No.16345952]

>>16345587
Kjv

[Anonymous No.16346021]

>>16345779
You’re contrarianism is a little too forced, friendo

[Anonymous No.16346112]

>>16346021
Ill admit it started as such
Used the kjv for 3 years or so, and really THATS contrarian as it is since most church bodies use liberal translations niv esv etc
I got the geneva because i was worried about the baconian influence on the ljv and the suspect rosicrucian/occult ties
Ive since researched it more and theres less suspicion but now i just find the geneva translation truly charming and heartwarming, in a sense i cannot truly convey enough

[Anonymous No.16347434]

Recent RSV editions > ESV > NASB > ASV and ERV > KJV > Douay–Rheims > NRSV > NIV

Less popular translations like the OSB would probably near the KJV due to being derived from it, while I'd honestly consider Jerusalem translations to be on the lower end of the spectrum.

[Anonymous No.16347715]

>>16345587
Robert Alter OT, Lattimore NT.

[Anonymous No.16348509]

separate septuagint and new testament

[Anonymous No.16348884]

>>16345654
Oh no, orthodox are something completely different from what you think is Christianity. Vastly different definitions of sin, different look at why Jesus died and was resurrected, heaven and hell... pretty much everything is different.

[Anonymous No.16348944]

KJV

[Anonymous No.16348963]

>>16345587
I bought a new kjv just the other day. But its the version I grew up with.
But you can go turbohipster and read the wycliffe bible

[Anonymous No.16348998]

>>16345587
Knox Translation is the patricians Bible

[Anonymous No.16349029]

>>16345587
JPS TANAKH with facing Hebrew/Aramaic
KJV for Psalms and NT

[Anonymous No.16349874]

>anything other than KJV

[Anonymous No.16350284]

>>16349874

[Anonymous No.16350408]

>>16345587
Get an edition with the deuterocanonical books. You don't want an incomplete Bible. I have no opinion on English translations.

[Anonymous No.16350582]

Real answer: Latter-Day Saint quadruple combination