>stumble into Christian apologetic writing from early-mid 20th century>decide I want to read the Bible>attempt to read the Bible>get massively filteredHow are you supposed to read this book? It makes no sense to me.
And I'm not trying to shit on Christianity either, I honestly just don't understand. On top of that, the language in KJV is very hard to read for me.
Don’t waste your time with a shitty jewish cult. Read the Tao Te Ching with Wang Bi’s commentary. Richard Lynn has a neat translation.
>>24111440It is a hard to read collections of books with many different layers written thousands of years ago.You should probably read the Catechism of the Catholic Church before and later some material with explanations about the Bible.
>>24111440start with the gospels and have a concordance or dictionary with you. plenty of sites like biblehub have different translations along with commentary, cross references and word etymology. from there i'd suggest the wisdom books and work your way back through the old testament if you want.
Get The New Oxford Annotated Bible or The SBL Study BibleStart with Genesis Introduction to the Hebrew Bible by John J. Collins is very good, you can find it on the internet easily
i would read the tyndale translation, ‘natch
>>24111490>Wang BiBased. I'm reading his Yijing commentary translated by Lynn.
what's hard for you? it's not hard. read a different translation if KJV isn't the one for you. OT is serious fun. start with Job to enjoy the language. all of it's actually very readable and stimulating on even the most shallow level
Read genesis with some good techno, and have fun with it, don't need to be super religious to be entertained by the flavour texts
>>24111440>>24111442Read a modern translation. There's dozens of good ones out there. I read the NLT the first time I read the Bible, it's a very easily readable translation.You could also try reading a study Bible which will often have verse-by-verse commentary in addition to essays and introductions explaining various themes and books.For me, the pentateuch was a pretty boring part as well. Things started getting much more interesting from Joshua onwards. Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles especially read like a historical epic and the wisdom literature was really enlightening.Also, it might seem obvious, but keep in mind that it's a collection of books and not a single narrative. You don't necessarily have to read it in order. You can pick a book or group of books, read them, then pick something else.
>>24111440Start with the New Testament. Take a look at this websitehttps://catenabible.com/mt/1I have no idea which translation it is and I frankly don't care, but if you click on the red numbers there are explanations by Church Fathers and others on the verses. Church Fathers are pretty much the best interpreters of the theology of the Bible you can find. They were closer to the era of the Apostles and they know their stuff.For example, there are some texts by Ignatius of Antioch on the Gospel of John. He was a direct disciple of the Apostle John. You can't get a much better pedigree than that. He spoke the same language, lived in the same culture, understood the context of what John has written. That said, maybe you should read some Introductions to each Gospel.
>>24111490>>24111712+1came here to post this desu
Unironically, R. Crumb's Genesis comic adaptation was my way in to the Bible. It's not a re-telling, he genuinely includes everything and does't try to smooth over the weirdness. It's awesome.
>>24112649I tried reading a KJV study bible and it's still too hard to me. I have been picking random sections and reading them, jumping around. The language itself is probably the biggest barrier for me. And I don't really know how to connect it to the commentary in the margins of my study bible either.>>24112826Thank you anon>>24112864Are you serious haha? I'd expect R. Crumb to make it a parody.
>>24112826looks like kjv. the phone/tablet app itself has a few different translations and it's nice for reading on the go.
