December Books 16) The Bible

[nwhyte]

Apart from War and Peace, my other reading project for 2012 was to read the entire Bible, a few chapters a day (or an entire book if it is short). I therefore finished Revelation, and the whole thing, this morning. I have already written up my thoughts on the Old Testament; I would just repeat from there my strong recommendation against reading it

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[sashajwolf]

I'm currently reading the whole Bible in Spanish at the rate of roughly one chapter a day, in an attempt to further both my general aim of being fluent in Spanish by the time boxcat and I do our next Camino, and the more specific aim of being able to follow the readings at the Pilgrim Mass this time. I completed the Pentateuch last week and am currently making my way through Joshua. It's been interesting so far - reading it in a less familiar language is making me notice new things about it, despite having read the whole thing in English several times, most of it in German at least once, and large chunks in Greek. I won't deny that I'm looking forward to getting out of the histories and into the Prophets, mind you.

Somehow, whenever I embark on a major Bible-reading project, I do end up starting with Genesis for lack of better ideas (and perhaps also due to a sense that I might as well get it over with.) Like you, I wouldn't recommend it to most other readers, though. Fortunately, having specialised in Biblical topics for my degree gives me enough context not to get discouraged.