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Ask HN: Best resources for appreciating the Bible for non religious folk?
I love literature and philosophy, I've found a couple great podcasts for appreciating Ecclesiastes and Book of Job from that standpoint:
(Ecclesiastes) https://www.verybadwizards.com/160
(Job)
https://www.verybadwizards.com/171
I'm trying to find similar but for the remaining books. Most of the stuff I find when I google is very heavy handed religion, which isn't what I'm looking for.
- fromseashore 4y ago"Joseph and his brothers" by Thomas Mann.
- BMc2020 4y agohttps://www.amazon.com/Asimovs-Guide-Bible-Volumes-Testaments/dp/051734582X https://www.amazon.com/Asimovs-Guide-Bible-Volumes-Testament...
- quercusa 4y agoHere are a few excellent books worth considering: The Poetics of Biblical Narrative: Ideological Literature and the Drama of Reading, Meir Sternberg The Dynamics of Biblical Parallelism, Berlin and Freedman Poet and Peasant and Through Peasant Eyes: A Literary-Cultural Approach to the Parables in Luke, Kenneth E. Bailey Robert Alter's translations of the Hebrew Bible have lots of interesting notes.
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- CraigRo 4y agoThe notes in the Oxford study bible are a good introduction. Lots of college courses cover this