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Journeyman

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14. A good place to start any exploration of "The Bible" is Alan Watt's essay. . .

Reply to F4lconF16 (Original post)

Wed Feb 18, 2015, 09:32 PM

Feb 2015

"The World's Most Dangerous Book."

It was one of the last essays he wrote. Well worth a few minutes contemplation.

http://www.katinkahesselink.net/other/alan-watts-bible.html

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Which bible version would you recommend? [View all] F4lconF16 Feb 2015 OP

I read the Orthodox Study Bible shenmue Feb 2015 #1

I can look them up myself if you want F4lconF16 Feb 2015 #2

I like... immoderate Feb 2015 #3

I've heard about that one! F4lconF16 Feb 2015 #4

Here it is on the internet, along with a version for the Quran and the Book of Mormon. . . Journeyman Feb 2015 #10

Thanks for that edhopper Feb 2015 #12

the Koran can be a quick read Brettongarcia Feb 2015 #20

Well, the language in the KJV was out of date when it was published. longship Feb 2015 #5

That might explain why reading it was so dry. F4lconF16 Feb 2015 #21

I have a modern King James rogerashton Feb 2015 #6

What makes footnotes interesting to you? F4lconF16 Feb 2015 #22

Well, for example, rogerashton Feb 2015 #36

Just about everything is available online.. Fumesucker Feb 2015 #7

I had an english teacher that spoke 16th century English F4lconF16 Feb 2015 #23

My choice Cartoonist Feb 2015 #8

Before I recommend this to him, I want to check: F4lconF16 Feb 2015 #24

Of course! Cartoonist Feb 2015 #29

I have a New American Standard that I like. Qutzupalotl Feb 2015 #9

What is gained/or lost in the different translations? Do you have a link where some of those are F4lconF16 Feb 2015 #25

The Fosterite New Revelation version of 1961 /nt demwing Feb 2015 #11

I know that reading the bible gives comfort to a lot of people. pennylane100 Feb 2015 #13

For both him and I, reading it is an educational experience rather than a comforting one. F4lconF16 Feb 2015 #26

A good place to start any exploration of "The Bible" is Alan Watt's essay. . . Journeyman Feb 2015 #14

Wiki's also fun for rummaging around in theology MisterP Feb 2015 #16

The NRSV is probably the most "academic" translation. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2015 #15

That's probably the one I'm going to recommend to him... F4lconF16 Feb 2015 #28

There are many. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2015 #34

As a former catholic I always use the RSV-CE LostOne4Ever Feb 2015 #17

Forgot about the Jefferson Bible! F4lconF16 Feb 2015 #27

KJV if you want poetry: NRSV or Jerusalem for scholarship. okasha Feb 2015 #18

What differences are there between the NRSV and Jerusalem versions? F4lconF16 Feb 2015 #30

Azimov's NeoGreen Feb 2015 #19

Without knowing a thing about what he writes in there... F4lconF16 Feb 2015 #31

Thomas Jefferson's arcane1 Feb 2015 #32

The Jefferson....the only one allowed in my house! VanillaRhapsody Feb 2015 #33

A woman who passed away left me her PTL bible. (Baker's ministry, for those who don't know.) merrily Feb 2015 #35

The Companion Bible . . . and a Strong's Concordance Petrushka Feb 2015 #37

I use the New Revised Standard Version. hrmjustin Feb 2015 #38

Any of them that have been recycled into coffee cups. AtheistCrusader Feb 2015 #39

I came across an internet forum reciently... stone space Feb 2015 #40

Cheers *clink* AtheistCrusader Feb 2015 #41

The New English Bible: With the Apocrypha (Oxford Study Edition), 1976, is my favorite. hunter Feb 2015 #42