THE HOLY BIBLE, Containing the Old Testament, and the New. Translated out of the Original tongues, and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised.
This version contains: Old and New Testament. Translated from original manuscripts. Authorised version. Easy-to-read format.
Books can be attributed to "Anonymous" for several reasons:
* They are officially published under that name * They are traditional stories not attributed to a specific author * They are religious texts not generally attributed to a specific author
Books whose authorship is merely uncertain should be attributed to Unknown.
This book is full of plot inconsistencies and incoherent holy babble. The first book starts out with some pretty crazy claims, then it only goes downhill after that. It suffers from the lack of any evidence-based knowledge gathering. For a book that attempts to explain the origins and purpose of everything, that's a serious shortcoming. They should at least periodically update it with new scientific findings.
Just finished reading my favorite translation of the greatest book (I should say “Book”) ever written!
I’ve read from and studied the Bible for my whole adult life, especially these last 15 years I’ve been in ministry. But this is the fastest I’ve read through the KJV from cover-to-cover, in order, word-for-word. Started September 5, 2022 and finished October 31, 2022.
I encourage everyone to make the Bible a regular part of their life.
The Bible, a collection of bronze-age fiction by various authors, some anonymous, some disputed. The New Testament, sequel to the Old Testament, is slightly more compassionate in its tone, though still a load of phantasmagorical rubbish, replete with virgin births, invisible floating messiahs, worshipful sycophants, and loads of additional woo-woo thinking. If the work had been presented as a collection of morality fables, instead of “believe this, or our loving, compassionate and merciful god will torture you for all eternity in the burning pits of hell,” it might garner a sliver of worth, if only as a period piece to glean how the frightened masses fabricated their world. Instead, it was the official religion forced upon the people by the Romans at the Council of Nicaea, under the direction of Emperor Constantine. Mind control for crowd control, and the rest is, as they say, history.
I had a goal, way back in college, to read through the Bible 100 times by the age of 50.
This is number 81.
The closer I get to that goal, the less likely it appears that I will hit it on time. Even still, I hope the value I put on this book can be told through the attempt. In a far more important way, what I value is not even the book itself but the impact that the Bible has had on my life.
This is supposed to be a "review" of the book, but what right do I or any of us have to do so? What we should instead do is let the Bible "review" us. Is it changing us? Are we living up to the commands and dictates found in these pages? I know that I have a long, long way to go. But hopefully, with each time through, and with each daily reading, I become just a little bit more like him. Day by day, glory to glory, I pray that I am reflecting Him just a little bit better.
★★★★★ Great book! Can’t wait to read it again (and I will). ★★★★☆ Good book. I am glad I read this. ★★★☆☆ OK book. Nothing special but not bad. ★★☆☆☆ Not good. Why did I waste my time? ★☆☆☆☆ Lousy. I didn’t finish.
If for whatever reason, I go back and reread a good book, I will change the rating to five-star because I read it again.
I've read a lot of sections and whole books in the Bible, but I never finished this from start-to-finish. I learned that I love the books of Isaiah and Daniel. I could tell that Paul really knew Christ, and not just from prayer & study but actually knew him. And lastly, I wasn't as scared of Revelations as I used to be. I highly recommend reading this 👌🏼
Have read the Bible many times. First time on kindle. Easy reading just can’t check references and go back and forth like the written book. Took a very long time to read some each day. Will start over again
Awful book filled with so many contradictions and violence. If I could give it 0 stars, I would. Took me a year to read it bc it was so boring. I see why the Christian church hires translators. They can't have ppl reading it on their own and forming their own opinion based on the words written.