Was inspired by you doing this previous years, and decided to do it myself this year with the Penguin Classics version (revised KJV with the Apocrypha). This is also a good version for me as an Anglican ☺️ I have previously only read Lutheran Norwegian bibles as that's what's normally available where I live, but I can't wait to also see how the language of the English bible really affected English literature. ☺️
I finished Robert Alter's translation of the Hebrew Bible earlier this month. It took nearly six months of dedicated reading every morning which I followed by journaling. Alter's footnotes are excellent and unbelievably extensive. There's something to be said for reading through the Bible without commentary, which I did with the KJV in the spring, but I also like commentary. Alter shed light on many aspects of the OT that I never understood before in its proper historical and literary context.
I began reading through the whole Bible in 1994. I’ve kept this practice every year. I plan this year to do something a little different. I’m going to read Revelation first, and read the whole Bible backwards to Genesis. I’m not going to start reading each book with the last verse and work back, but will start each book with chapter one. I have a new Bible, NIV Application Bible. In addition, and I’ve done this practice before too, I’m going to read a NT book 12 times, once through each month, hopefully in as many translations as I can. The NT book I will read 12 times is Luke. Luke has 24 chapters. So if I fall behind, I have a few days in the month to catch up. I plan to write about this journey at my space, Impressions in Ink.
I read Luke (KJV) on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day because of the infancy account. I read the NT four times this year (once per quarter using different versions) and the entire Bible twice. It has become a regular practice for me over the past few years and will now become a lifelong habit. I like the idea of reading the Bible backwards - never thought of that!
That's awesome! Oh, and backwards is because it's a Hebrew Bible where Genesis starts in the back and goes to the front. So, same order, just backwards book-wise.
You’re very ambitious. I’m willing to go deeper with my reading, but not that deep. 😂
Was inspired by you doing this previous years, and decided to do it myself this year with the Penguin Classics version (revised KJV with the Apocrypha). This is also a good version for me as an Anglican ☺️ I have previously only read Lutheran Norwegian bibles as that's what's normally available where I live, but I can't wait to also see how the language of the English bible really affected English literature. ☺️
That's awesome!
Do you read all of these editions in physical book form? If you read any as ebooks, where do you find them?
Yes, all as physical books.
Why don’t you read THE QURAN this time or keep it in your list?
It's on my Immortal Books list. I want to start off each year with the Bible.
I finished Robert Alter's translation of the Hebrew Bible earlier this month. It took nearly six months of dedicated reading every morning which I followed by journaling. Alter's footnotes are excellent and unbelievably extensive. There's something to be said for reading through the Bible without commentary, which I did with the KJV in the spring, but I also like commentary. Alter shed light on many aspects of the OT that I never understood before in its proper historical and literary context.
I began reading through the whole Bible in 1994. I’ve kept this practice every year. I plan this year to do something a little different. I’m going to read Revelation first, and read the whole Bible backwards to Genesis. I’m not going to start reading each book with the last verse and work back, but will start each book with chapter one. I have a new Bible, NIV Application Bible. In addition, and I’ve done this practice before too, I’m going to read a NT book 12 times, once through each month, hopefully in as many translations as I can. The NT book I will read 12 times is Luke. Luke has 24 chapters. So if I fall behind, I have a few days in the month to catch up. I plan to write about this journey at my space, Impressions in Ink.
I read Luke (KJV) on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day because of the infancy account. I read the NT four times this year (once per quarter using different versions) and the entire Bible twice. It has become a regular practice for me over the past few years and will now become a lifelong habit. I like the idea of reading the Bible backwards - never thought of that!
That's awesome! Oh, and backwards is because it's a Hebrew Bible where Genesis starts in the back and goes to the front. So, same order, just backwards book-wise.