So here we go…down and dirty, this is the part where I actually start reading…
Well, almost.
St. Joseph’s Medium Size bible had a pretty darn good introduction. I’m guessing it was written for parochial middle schoolers. Feels like about 8th grade.
A couple of things jumped out at me. First, it talks about literary genres; parable, allegory, [...]
Archive for June, 2006
When I set out to start reading the bible, one of my first thoughts was, “There’s no fucking way I’ll get through the whole King James version.”
Which version could I plow all the way through? I knew I had a couple different ones hanging around the house, one of them would probably be fine.
I did [...]
Just so you know, I’ve not always been a godless liberal.
To establish a little bible street cred, here’s some religious history about me…
I grew up Southern Baptist. I accepted Jesus Christ as my personal savior when I was 12. Soon thereafter I got baptized, full body dunk, by the Reverend Ben J. Rowell of Rogers [...]
So, in a blatant rip off of this guy on Slate, I’ve decided it might be fun to read the bible and blog about it.
It seems, now more than ever, people are talking about the bible, saying they believe in the bible, saying we should legislate according to what the bible says, saying that the [...]
