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New American Standard Bible - The Open Bible Edition - Words of Christ in Red with Read-along References and Read-along Translations, Biblical Cyclopedic Index, Christian Life Outlines and Study Notes in Original Box with Owner's Guide
Riverside 940x Black. Thumb Indexed. Personal Size Edition. Features: Concordance, How to study the Bible, A Guide to Christian workers, Archaeological Discoveries, Monies, Weights and Measures, Bible Study Maps in Color. Binding features: Black Genuine Leather, Limp Style, Ribbon Marker, Gold Page Edges, Gold Stamping.
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September 27, 2021
I started with the New Testament in February and finished it in May.
Lots of history, looked up where Antioch was (in current Turkey near border of Syria).
Stuff I have learned:
1. Jesus was descended from Abraham and David through Joseph who was actually his genetic/biological father. Magically the DNA of Joseph mingled with the DNA of Mary to produce Jesus or so the legend goes. But Jesus still had a human genetic father.
Addendum: so they say in the study Bible that Mary was also descended from Abraham but I could not find this anywhere in the Gospels.
2. There were two disciples named Judas, Judas Iscariot, the Traitor, and the other Loyal Judas. So the Name "Judas" or "Jude" should be used more often. The name shouldn't be tainted for all time. Hey, maybe that's what the book "Jude The Obscure" is about, the Loyal Judas...if so, maybe I should add it to the queue.
3. Paul the Apostle didn't think anyone should have sex, ever. He said that Marriage was better than fornication outside of marriage, but even better than Marriage was Chastity.
He had issues. This is why the Shakers died out, I suspect. They took Paul seriously.
4. Paul the Apostle wrote a huge chunk of the New Testament in the form of letters (EPISTLES) to various churches. Luke wrote LUKE and ACTS.
I love this particular Study Bible because it clearly states WHO WROTE each part of the Bible and any controversies about the authorship. It also has cool maps and information about various ancient cities and about what exists there today (well, what existed in 1990 when this Bible was published).
For example, Antioch was on the border between Syria and Turkey.
5. Reading the Bible is awesome--just to read something so old, and so much published. I am not religious, though I believe in God and respect all religions whose tenet is to Love One Another and help others and do no harm.
I am reading it non-judmentally, marking the interesting things, the amusing things, the more poetic or better-written verses.
The Historical value of the book is tremendous.
Update July 28, 2021
I am now up to 2 CHRONICLES. roughly 500 more pages to go from here.
There is a LOT of repetition in NUMBERS, KINGS and CHRONICLES.
There is stuff against "Sodomites" stating that Sodomy is sinful, but really nothing against Lesbian sex and not as much against Homosexuality as I had believed.
I LOVE King David and King Solomon. They are fun to read about.
BOOK of RUTH is truly lovely and well-written.
1 CHRONICLES was a horrible slog, happy to be finished with that one, reads like a Phone Book.
It was a Retread of SAMUEL with NO new information or stories.
I liked how David was pissed off at God (though very very afraid) when The Lord struck Uzza dead because he accidentally touched the Ark of the Covenant while it was being transported.
The Old Testament God is a total Prick. He's all powerful and it is His way or the Highway. I get why Jesus was so much more appealing to Christians as a person to worship--Jesus is nice, fair, super cool, handsome, magical (in ways that actually help people and he never hurt anybody unlike his Father).
and what's with all these Offerings in the Old Testament--Meat Offerings and Peace Offerings and Sin Offerings and Trespass Offerings? Slaughtering lambs day and night and burning them up? Why would the Lord even want that? This seems to me right out of the Iliad and the Greek God system, with the Hecatombs. The only reason for this was to give men jobs and busy-work. There is no other reason. How many unblemished bullocks does an Omnipotent God require?
Also, since the Christians ignore the thousand places in the Bible where it says how important Burnt and other Offerings are, because Jesus obviated the need for killing real Lambs, and since Jews do not do Burnt Offerings either, why isn't it okay to ignore what ever is illogical and unjust and unfair and inconvenient in the Bible? Which is what I am doing. Oh wait, it is only acceptable to ignore parts of the Good Book if a Church Official (a MAN) says so and enough people agree...Am I right?
Were the Altar Boys who have gotten sodomized by Catholic Priests the substitute for the Burnt Offerings? Sacrificing the Innocent on the whim of a powerful representative of The Lord?
"It makes a person THINK"as Willie K. would say.
September 25, 2021
Finished the Bible on September 15, 2021 Yay!
Loved the Books of ESTHER and JOB.
Was disappointed that Quentin Tarentino made up the alleged Quote from the Bible in Pulp Fiction.
PSALMS was 50% nonsense and 50% nice.
PROVERBS was mostly very good--same for ECCLESIASTES.
EXODUS was good for understanding the Jews and Kosher foods and other customs.
Much of the last 500 pages of the Old Testament is Sermons from the Prophets with a shit-ton of repetition about the Lord's anger at the Isrealites and how he is punishing them for their sins but promises to smite their enemies even more than he is going to smite them. Lots of threats in there.
I have always loved "the Prophet Song" by Queen--highly recommend as an adjunct to JEREMIAH and EZEKIEL etc etc.
If you are going to read a Bible, choose a Study Bible--the notes on places, achaeology, people, word origins in Greek and Latin and Arabic are extremely helpful in creating context.
Lots of history, looked up where Antioch was (in current Turkey near border of Syria).
Stuff I have learned:
1. Jesus was descended from Abraham and David through Joseph who was actually his genetic/biological father. Magically the DNA of Joseph mingled with the DNA of Mary to produce Jesus or so the legend goes. But Jesus still had a human genetic father.
Addendum: so they say in the study Bible that Mary was also descended from Abraham but I could not find this anywhere in the Gospels.
2. There were two disciples named Judas, Judas Iscariot, the Traitor, and the other Loyal Judas. So the Name "Judas" or "Jude" should be used more often. The name shouldn't be tainted for all time. Hey, maybe that's what the book "Jude The Obscure" is about, the Loyal Judas...if so, maybe I should add it to the queue.
3. Paul the Apostle didn't think anyone should have sex, ever. He said that Marriage was better than fornication outside of marriage, but even better than Marriage was Chastity.
He had issues. This is why the Shakers died out, I suspect. They took Paul seriously.
4. Paul the Apostle wrote a huge chunk of the New Testament in the form of letters (EPISTLES) to various churches. Luke wrote LUKE and ACTS.
I love this particular Study Bible because it clearly states WHO WROTE each part of the Bible and any controversies about the authorship. It also has cool maps and information about various ancient cities and about what exists there today (well, what existed in 1990 when this Bible was published).
For example, Antioch was on the border between Syria and Turkey.
5. Reading the Bible is awesome--just to read something so old, and so much published. I am not religious, though I believe in God and respect all religions whose tenet is to Love One Another and help others and do no harm.
I am reading it non-judmentally, marking the interesting things, the amusing things, the more poetic or better-written verses.
The Historical value of the book is tremendous.
Update July 28, 2021
I am now up to 2 CHRONICLES. roughly 500 more pages to go from here.
There is a LOT of repetition in NUMBERS, KINGS and CHRONICLES.
There is stuff against "Sodomites" stating that Sodomy is sinful, but really nothing against Lesbian sex and not as much against Homosexuality as I had believed.
I LOVE King David and King Solomon. They are fun to read about.
BOOK of RUTH is truly lovely and well-written.
1 CHRONICLES was a horrible slog, happy to be finished with that one, reads like a Phone Book.
It was a Retread of SAMUEL with NO new information or stories.
I liked how David was pissed off at God (though very very afraid) when The Lord struck Uzza dead because he accidentally touched the Ark of the Covenant while it was being transported.
The Old Testament God is a total Prick. He's all powerful and it is His way or the Highway. I get why Jesus was so much more appealing to Christians as a person to worship--Jesus is nice, fair, super cool, handsome, magical (in ways that actually help people and he never hurt anybody unlike his Father).
and what's with all these Offerings in the Old Testament--Meat Offerings and Peace Offerings and Sin Offerings and Trespass Offerings? Slaughtering lambs day and night and burning them up? Why would the Lord even want that? This seems to me right out of the Iliad and the Greek God system, with the Hecatombs. The only reason for this was to give men jobs and busy-work. There is no other reason. How many unblemished bullocks does an Omnipotent God require?
Also, since the Christians ignore the thousand places in the Bible where it says how important Burnt and other Offerings are, because Jesus obviated the need for killing real Lambs, and since Jews do not do Burnt Offerings either, why isn't it okay to ignore what ever is illogical and unjust and unfair and inconvenient in the Bible? Which is what I am doing. Oh wait, it is only acceptable to ignore parts of the Good Book if a Church Official (a MAN) says so and enough people agree...Am I right?
Were the Altar Boys who have gotten sodomized by Catholic Priests the substitute for the Burnt Offerings? Sacrificing the Innocent on the whim of a powerful representative of The Lord?
"It makes a person THINK"as Willie K. would say.
September 25, 2021
Finished the Bible on September 15, 2021 Yay!
Loved the Books of ESTHER and JOB.
Was disappointed that Quentin Tarentino made up the alleged Quote from the Bible in Pulp Fiction.
PSALMS was 50% nonsense and 50% nice.
PROVERBS was mostly very good--same for ECCLESIASTES.
EXODUS was good for understanding the Jews and Kosher foods and other customs.
Much of the last 500 pages of the Old Testament is Sermons from the Prophets with a shit-ton of repetition about the Lord's anger at the Isrealites and how he is punishing them for their sins but promises to smite their enemies even more than he is going to smite them. Lots of threats in there.
I have always loved "the Prophet Song" by Queen--highly recommend as an adjunct to JEREMIAH and EZEKIEL etc etc.
If you are going to read a Bible, choose a Study Bible--the notes on places, achaeology, people, word origins in Greek and Latin and Arabic are extremely helpful in creating context.
March 30, 2018
The Good Book, a great book.
August 29, 2021
I still have this Bible, it is precious to me. I used it all through high school and college.
August 18, 2025
I like the compact size of this Bible and it being in paragraph form. The NASB is easy to read.
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