Started looking through the New American Bible at home. This is a much newer translation than the Douay-Rheims I was quoting from on the old board. It reflects a much different sensibility than the D-R did. The D-R was made at a time of great conflict between Catholics and Protestants in England, and alot of the notes seemd almost hysterically concerned with scoring points off the various Protestant "heresies". The notes also tend to reflect more modern scholarship. For example, the D-R followed the tradition that Moses wrote the books of the Pentateuch, whereas the NAB ruggests that Moses didn't necessarily write all - or maybe even any - of it, and discusses the J/E/P/D authorship theories that I dimly remember being taught about in high school.
The NAB also reflects more modern naming practices (i.e., no more "Paralipomenon" or "4 Kings", and so on).
And it's got a list of popes in it. Did you know that there was a Pope Linus?
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I don't suppose you'd care to share that verse with us?
Jeff of Earth-J said:
It's now been eight days since I took a break in the middle of Exodus. I do still plan to finish (both Exodus and the Bible)... eventually, but what happened it this: I think I found the one key verse that unlocks the meaning of the entire Bible (at least for me). My interest waned after that. I've been feeling a bit like Dr. Doom this past week, or Kristatos, anyway. Kristatos was Doom's failsafe should he ever suffer defeat. In that unlikely event, his memories were to be downloaded into his ward's mind. When that happened, Kristatos himself stopped the process prematurely around FF #5. That was a mistake, of course. I am , however, willing to accept the possibility that perhaps there is more to the Bible than the verse I latched onto.
"I don't suppose you'd care to share that verse with us?"
I will, but I want to finish the rest of the book first. (I don't want to make the same mistake Kristos (or Kristatos or whatever his name was) did. Remind when when I get there. (J.K.--I'll remember.) Don't get your hopes up too high, though; it's not the answer to "life, the universe and everything," it's just the key to understanding the Bible (and it may have a different meaning for you than it does for me; that's the way the Bible tends to work).
When I first joined this conversation it was with the intention of reading The Bible alongside Asimov's Guide to The Bibleonebookatatime. That quickly became one chapter at a time, which involved a huge ammount of exhausting research. (I just took my own quiz (posted on page four) and failed it miserably.) Even re-reading the discussion up to this point has been exhausting. Not only did I find the research exhausting, but I found the Book of Exodus itself, once it got to the laws, to be a real slog. Those things, coupled with the fact I hit upon one "key verse" which seemed to unlock the key to The Bible (at least the Old Testament) for me at the time, led me to abandon the project (or at least put it on hiatus). The last time I tried to read The Bible prior to 2022 I at least got through the Torah, but this most recent time I burned myself out midway through the Book of Exodus. That has been three years ago now and it has stuck in my craw ever since. So yesterday I sat down and muscled through Exodus chapters 24-40 as well as the relevant pages of the Asimov guide. At least now, when I'm ready to resume this project in earnest, I won't be in the middle of a chapter.
"I don't suppose you'd care to share that verse with us?"
It was Exodus 20:2 -- "I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage."
After catching up to the end of Exodus, I had no further plans to continue this discussion at this time. But today I found a six-volume set of Matthew Henry's A Commentary on the Whole Bible (Reference Library Edition) at a decent price. I also had a 10% off coupon, so I bought it. It is essentially The Bible itself, with commentary interspersed between chapters so the user doesn't have to switch back-and-forth between books. The complete title continues: "...wherein each chapter is summed up in its contents: the sacred text inserted at large in distinct paragraphs; each paragraph reduced to its proper heads: the sense give, and largely illustrated with PRACTICAL REMARKS AND OBSERVATIONS."
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I don't suppose you'd care to share that verse with us?
Jeff of Earth-J said:
"I don't suppose you'd care to share that verse with us?"
I will, but I want to finish the rest of the book first. (I don't want to make the same mistake Kristos (or Kristatos or whatever his name was) did. Remind when when I get there. (J.K.--I'll remember.) Don't get your hopes up too high, though; it's not the answer to "life, the universe and everything," it's just the key to understanding the Bible (and it may have a different meaning for you than it does for me; that's the way the Bible tends to work).
Actual reviews of the Bible on Amazon.com.
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When I first joined this conversation it was with the intention of reading The Bible alongside Asimov's Guide to The Bible one book at a time. That quickly became one chapter at a time, which involved a huge ammount of exhausting research. (I just took my own quiz (posted on page four) and failed it miserably.) Even re-reading the discussion up to this point has been exhausting. Not only did I find the research exhausting, but I found the Book of Exodus itself, once it got to the laws, to be a real slog. Those things, coupled with the fact I hit upon one "key verse" which seemed to unlock the key to The Bible (at least the Old Testament) for me at the time, led me to abandon the project (or at least put it on hiatus). The last time I tried to read The Bible prior to 2022 I at least got through the Torah, but this most recent time I burned myself out midway through the Book of Exodus. That has been three years ago now and it has stuck in my craw ever since. So yesterday I sat down and muscled through Exodus chapters 24-40 as well as the relevant pages of the Asimov guide. At least now, when I'm ready to resume this project in earnest, I won't be in the middle of a chapter.
"I don't suppose you'd care to share that verse with us?"
It was Exodus 20:2 -- "I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage."
I should also mention that I have just ordered The Uncensored Bible: The Bawdy and Naughty Bits of the Good Book as recommended by Kelvin on page three of this discussion. (I have not yet decided on the LOLCat Bible as recommended by Bob.)
After catching up to the end of Exodus, I had no further plans to continue this discussion at this time. But today I found a six-volume set of Matthew Henry's A Commentary on the Whole Bible (Reference Library Edition) at a decent price. I also had a 10% off coupon, so I bought it. It is essentially The Bible itself, with commentary interspersed between chapters so the user doesn't have to switch back-and-forth between books. The complete title continues: "...wherein each chapter is summed up in its contents: the sacred text inserted at large in distinct paragraphs; each paragraph reduced to its proper heads: the sense give, and largely illustrated with PRACTICAL REMARKS AND OBSERVATIONS."
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