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Been meaning to read this one for a while, was wondering if I can read New Testament first, then read Old Testament as a prequel. Would it even make sense or would I need context from the first book?
Best order to read The Holy Bible?
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I'd start with the protestant scriptures:
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I prefer cover to cover. The way it is laid out is probably the best way to group it.
Starting with the NT is alright. But if I was doing that, I would read the gospel of John first since it is the best standalone and can be understood by itself without reading anything else. Most of the other NT books, especially Mathew and Hebrews, are going to refer back to OT passages and stories a lot and Jesus himself quoted the OT quite a lot, but you can still follow them fine.
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Hey spoilers
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that 1st one or the bottom 3?
e: nvm 1st one
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The New Testament is the most important, you can probably read it first but you'd be lacking some context. If you read it first, then read the Old Testament, read the New Testament again to see what you missed the first time around. Jesus preached for the whole world, not just the Jews, so the main things the Old Testament provides is history and prophecies that Jesus will fulfill.
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ok cool as long as I can kinda keep up with it
yes that's what I had in mind
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It's the best way. The old testament has large portions that are made irrelevant by the new. If you can find a version that does KJV/some modern translation/ and transliteration thats the best way to understand what's going on because some parts of the bible need the context, otherwise they will be utterly misunderstood by contemporary intentional misinterpretations, e.g. turn the other cheek, meek will inherit the earth, if one has not a sword... etc...
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found the incel
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Canonincal order is: and thats the tea, sis
Torah
ok so Talmud
ok so Quran
Dianetics
Book of Mormon but go off
um Old Testament
Skip most of the New Testament and finish with Revelations *sips tea*
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I've been planning on reading
it from cover to cover after I finish the catechism
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when i went to church
as a kid we never 
covered the old testament. I think 
we covered the story 
of gideon once, but that was about it. it's been a while since i read the bible, so take what i say with a grain of salt.
i've heard
really 
good things about the bible 
project, which explains how to read the bible 
and understand it
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neat link
we need to gaslamp some Japanese people into shilling the bible so we can get a decent anime with Jesus Sempai
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Just read Revelation and start posting le epic antichrist memes.
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