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going to read this
which books are must-reads
which are meh

>> No.1789192

Outstanding! I always make these threads.

Are you reading the new or the old?

>> No.1789196

kings is where all the badass shit happens i think.

Leviticus is an entire book about shitty ass rules and the recipes for burnt offerings and altar sizes, its fucking horrible.

>> No.1789207

>>1789196
Kings, Judges, Job, Samuel, Exodus are good places to start. They are quite ripping good.

Numbers and Deuteronomy are bland.

Psalms is also rather good. Proverbs, Miciah and amos are sort of intermediate reads.

Have fun because the Bible is a very good read. I enjoy it thoroughly.

>> No.1789212

>>1789207
And read either the KJV or apparently the New Jerusalem translations. KJV is epic beyond compare for its accessibility and flare.

>> No.1789220

hurry up the rapture is almost here

>> No.1789223

>>1789212

And stay away from the Apocrypha and unincorporated sections for they are frowned upon, I believe. And usually not very good.

>> No.1789228

One more thing. Job is outstanding. Do it

>> No.1789230

song of solomon = hot

(i had to say it)

>> No.1789232

>>1789223

bullshit daniel is rad

>> No.1789236

i am going to read the old testament first. through western pop culture osmosis i am reasonably familiar with the story of the four new testament gospels, dimly familiar with jesus's pyrotechnic display (scheduled for tomorrow), but dim-witted when it comes to most old testament histories. i'd like to focus on the histories. when i was in high school i would read the rule sections just for the sake of taunting christians, don't really care about that now i just want to experience the stories.

>> No.1789235

>>1789232

Would Daniel be considered part of that?

>> No.1789238

>>1789212

The KJV is not accessible. But its influence on modern English literature is virtually unmatched.

>> No.1789239

>>1789236
Then what has been recommended to you shall be adequate to your cause.

>> No.1789244

>>1789238

Being very new to Christianity and the Bible myself, I found the KJV to be very welcoming as opposed to the Douay Rheims. But that is just my impression.

>> No.1789259

What is the better song about Jesus? Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum or Jesus is Just Alright by the Doobie Brothers? I asked /mu/ but they laughed at me.

>> No.1789278

>>1789259

I will ask God for you

>> No.1789290

thank you for the recommendations, i have written them down, this is enough to work with for the next week.

rumor has it that details of semantics and phrasing have shifted since the seventeenth century. what would be a good way of getting line-by-line aid? i was thinking that a lot of web sites have various different translations online, so i think i will pull up more modern-language translations as i encounter opaque passages. is there a good resource for getting a really straight-up kind of explanation, e.g. "from the earliest available sources, it is generally agreed upon that the hebrew phrasing here is X, which has a literal meaning of Y, and which most translations render as something like Z" etc.

>> No.1789331

>>1789259

jesus christ by big star

>> No.1789346

>>1789207

>Job

>Good

It was meh-tier. Exodus, however, was excellent, as were Leviticus and Deuteronomy. Psalms are also great.

>> No.1789359

Genesis & Exodus are pretty cool. Jew mythology is best mythology

Also: Jobs, Kings, Judges, Apocrypha