The King James Version Bible

[Anonymous No.18763914]

Whether you accept it into your heart or not the KJV Bible is the absolute peak of English prose.
>muh Nabokov/McCarthy/Faulkner/Shakespeare
Not even close, don't embarrass yourself.

[Anonymous No.18764033]

Truth.
The prayers found in the Book of Common Prayer greatly complement it as well.

[Anonymous No.18764054]

i had a seizure trying to decipher those letters

[Anonymous No.18764081]

Can anyone recommend a faithful reprint/facsimile of the original 1611 (rather 1613 "she" edition with corrections) _that is affordable_? KJV store has a few that are breaking the bank, plus I'd rather have a corrected second edition. Ideally there'd be one like this amazing Luther bible from Taschen, which is also very affordable AND comes with supplemental material for historical context: https://www.taschen.com/pages/de/catalogue/classics/all/44610/facts.die_luther_bibel_von_1534.htm

[Anonymous No.18764115]

Probably a stupid question, but is there a specific order I should be reading the texts of the bible in? Should I just start with Genesis and read it all the way through?

[Anonymous No.18764187]

>>18764115
Read the gospels in order first. It's the most important part. It's required to understand the rest of the NT. The OT should be read after you complete the NT. It's most useful to help understand why Jesus needed to be a sacrifice for mankind.

[Anonymous No.18764219]

>>18763914
Where can i get a version that looks like this?

[Anonymous No.18764225]

>>18764115
Beginner student here: I found the KJV impenetrable not because of the language but because of the weird stuff that is going on. Some things just don't make sense. Get a study Bible instead, there are footnotes that explain the more obscure passages and help tie everything up together. Also Bibles usually have a concordance, which is some sort of word index which for every word it lists a series of passages in the Bible. I'm using it to search for concepts as they come to me, like, say, hatred, or lust. It lists a series of passages that have that word in it.
I'm going cover to cover because I want to do a systematic reading, but I think NT and then OT as anon suggested might be better especially if you're reading it for faith reasons.

[Anonymous No.18764351]

>>18764187
Thank you for the advice! Will start with the gospels and the NT then.

>>18764225
I'm mostly planning on reading it to catch references to it and to gain a better understanding of Christianity in general. Are there any specific study Bibles you can vouch for? And do they differ in their interpretations of the texts (esp. in relation to denominations)?

[Anonymous No.18764411]

>>18764351
I'm doing the same reading, sorta. I went for the ESV by Crossway and while I do not have something to compare it to, it's a massive tome (3000 pages, "more than 2 million words", maps, cutout illustrations based on archaeological research, etc.) and even if you are not a Christian it's amazing for the sheer amount encyclopedic information. Of course it's still a religious text and it assumes you are religious. Someone said it leans reformed / Calvinist in another thread.

[Anonymous No.18765204]

bump for jesus

[Anonymous No.18765246]

it's fine. if you are a christian you should have some major concerns as to the quality of the translation, however

[Anonymous No.18765392]

>>18763914
>II Maccabees
>Apocrypha

[Anonymous No.18765572]

>>18764081
Taschen is so fucking based. They make luxury quality books at an affordable price (they do have luxury-priced books too, of course)

[Anonymous No.18766557]

>>18763914
It was written in fairly average English for the time. It just sounds "poetic" because it's old.

[Anonymous No.18766559]

>>18763914
is there anything better when the KJV filters (english first language) plebs?

[Anonymous No.18766564]

>>18764033
What's the Gurnall book about?

[Anonymous No.18766570]

>>18766559
The Douay Rheims translation is objectively the best English translation because the Vulgate is the most authoritative version of the Bible

[Anonymous No.18766583]

Douay-Rheims
>And God said: Be light made.

[Anonymous No.18767071]

>>18764115
Start with the Prophets seeing as the early ones are technically the oldest books in the Bible, a lot of the material is older, especially cultic material but the they reached their final form later. I recommend reading up on your Ugaritic and Mesopotamian myths to get yourself into the Ancient Near East as well. Also build a rock altar and make offerings while reciting the Psalms; incense, food, alcohol, whatever floats your ark.

[Anonymous No.18767085]

>>18766557
I disagree. Other biblical translations from that period aren't as poetic and beautiful

[Anonymous No.18767095]

>>18764081
https://m.barnesandnoble.com/w/1611-king-james-text-bible-hendrickson-bibles/1120687598

[Anonymous No.18767563]

>>18766557
No there are differences. There's the polysyndeton and the intentionally archaic (even for its time) language used

[Anonymous No.18767586]

>>18767095
Eh... typos still in there. But this might come closest to what I had in mind.

[Anonymous No.18767768]

>>18764219
look up facsimile editions of kjv. going to be pricey though

[Anonymous No.18767812]

>>18763914
Frankly I prefer the Robert Alter.

[Anonymous No.18767897]

>>18763914
>Christian
>Doesn't bother to learn Greek, Latin nor Aramaic

[Anonymous No.18767908]

>>18767768
>going to be pricey though
:'(

[Anonymous No.18767933]

>>18767908
>>18767768

https://www.reproductionbibles.com/store/p22/1611_King_James_Bible%2C_First_Edition%2C_Facsimile_in_Period_Black_Binding.html#/
Damn they look good but they're like $500

[Anonymous No.18767937]

>The best piece of English Literature is a bad translation
How do Anglos cope with this?

[Anonymous No.18767956]

tards here should give northrop fryes bible lectures a look

instead of crying about "innacuracy"