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The Bible is a very interesting book. I cannot hide my preference for such interesting book. I think that you will benefit a lot from reading it. However, ther
by marccleison 6y ago
The Bible is a very interesting book. I cannot hide my preference for such interesting book. I think that you will benefit a lot from reading it. However, there are some characteristics of the Bible that you should have in mind. The Bible is an ancient book written in ancient hebrew, aramaic and greek (ancient greek dialect). So it has a lot of linguistic expressions that you should be careful of. The expressions represent the cultural and linguistic status quo of the epoch that each bible book was written (by the way Bible means collection of small books).
In summary:
- Consider the time and cultural context. Specially on handling the linguistic expressions.
- Take into account the textual context, take a look into parallel texts (some books of the Bible have parallel stories).
- Be open minded and extract good lessons for you from the goods and bad things of the Bible personages.
You can do something like Dr. Donald Knuth that appreciates reading the Bible as he stated in the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xArhSdnqTk&t=162s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xArhSdnqTk&t=162s
If you have questions, I can try to help you (although I do not have all the answers, I will be happy to think about and try to find something interesting ). You can write to me by sending an email to marcoscleison.unit ___ gmail . Although I am busy (coding, condign coding, ...) I will be happy to receive your message.
Good Luck!