I’d start with the why, why do you want to read the Bible. The Bible itself is an incredible piece of literature that spans through millennia and has had drasti

I’d start with the why, why do you want to read the Bible. The Bible itself is an incredible piece of literature that spans through millennia and has had drastically changed humans history. The issue with that is that it has been used to justify completely opposite options (i.e. during the civil war both the confederacy and union used the Bible to justify their opinions) Thus they why would help inform what are you expecting to get out of it. There’s a lot of room for interpretation in it and thus your presuppositions will show up in it, or the presuppositions of whoever is speaking/writing about it. I studies theology/philosophy for about 8 years and the thing about these fields is that at the end of the day it comes down to your choice. There’s of course “evidence” supporting one idea or another but when it comes to the Bible, and your opinion about it, it’s a choice. Hopefully an informed one but still a choice nonetheless.