Do you have a Hebrew Bible, Christian Bible, or Koran in your home?

[WriterDom]

Mainly concerned about Abrahamic religions here noting there are other religions. I guess a Hebrew Bible is a Tanakh?

 

[wicked woman]

Various Christian bibles...some sentimental (that used to be various family members'), one practical (a lot of room for a family tree) and one for reading.

Also have a Quran that I got when I was visiting Turkey. Seemed like such a part of the country that I wanted to read it.

 

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[Netzach]

I have a KJV and I've never seen an NT that excludes the OT, is there actually such a thing? My reading is literary in nature and I can't find anything in english that I don't find excruciatingly dumbed down since the KJV.

I also have a few books on talmud, all of them very "lite".

I don't have a Qu'ran as it just never got the coverage of the other stuff in the particular religion and anthro classes I took. I wish I'd taken an Islam course.

 

[BiBunny]

I have a KJV and I've never seen an NT that excludes the OT, is there actually such a thing? My reading is literary in nature and I can't find anything in english that I don't find excruciatingly dumbed down since the KJV.

I also have a few books on talmud, all of them very "lite".

I don't have a Qu'ran as it just never got the coverage of the other stuff in the particular religion and anthro classes I took. I wish I'd taken an Islam course.

Some of the Gideon Bibles just have the NT and Psalms and Proverbs. But those are the only Bibles I know of that don't include the full OT.

Also, I have a Bible 'round here somewhere. My mama has my granny's old one, and I want that one when I move somewhere I plan on staying for awhile.

 

[intothewoods]

I have a KJV and I've never seen an NT that excludes the OT, is there actually such a thing? My reading is literary in nature and I can't find anything in english that I don't find excruciatingly dumbed down since the KJV.

I also have a few books on talmud, all of them very "lite".

I don't have a Qu'ran as it just never got the coverage of the other stuff in the particular religion and anthro classes I took. I wish I'd taken an Islam course.

That's pretty much me, except that I just had to give away so many of my books since college , and the NT was one of them. I have a copy of the torah, not in scroll format .

I have a couple of great comparative religion books, and that's where my knowledge of Islam comes from.

 

[ownedsubgal]

we have many Christian bibles, because that is Daddy's faith. we also have copies of the qur'an and torah, a jewish prayer book, and a couple of books on talmudic law. most were collected in my anthro days, but some were mementos picked up by my Father in his military travels.

 

[WriterDom]

I have a KJV and I've never seen an NT that excludes the OT, is there actually such a thing?

I've seen the new by itself, but by Christian I meant both OT and NT. Like Bill Clinton's 20 pound bible he was carrying around after Monica. Bet it hasn't left the shelve in ten years. I miss Bill.

 

[intothewoods]

I've seen the new by itself, but by Christian I meant both OT and NT. Like Bill Clinton's 20 pound bible he was carrying around after Monica. Bet it hasn't left the shelve in ten years. I miss Bill.

He's looking good. Lost a lot of weight for Chelsea's wedding.

Why are you asking btw?

 

[WriterDom]

I had the Book of Mormon sent to me since it was free. It reads like the OT with Jesus tossed in. I don't think I'll ever have the patience to sit down and read it. It's not very long though.

 

[WriterDom]

He's looking good. Lost a lot of weight for Chelsea's wedding.

Why are you asking btw?

One of the grocery store rags says Bill is dying. That's mean even for them if they are just making it up.

No reason for asking.

 

[ShyGuy68]

I have two bibles, one in Danish from when I was confirmation, and one in English from when I was an exchange student in the US. I've not looked in them in years, because since then I've become an atheist.

 

[Commendatore]

As references, yes. Many religous texts.

 

[JMohegan]

I was once given a Christian Bible. An elderly neighbor left it in my mailbox, with a note that said: "Remember, God works in mysterious ways. Read this, and I know you'll find comfort."

I took it in the house, and ripped each page into tiny pieces. Not comforting, exactly, but mildly cathartic.

My answer to your poll is no.

 

[sb2009]

There are a couple around here. One in KJV that I know, which is funny because my daughter's CCD teacher gave them to her class when they took First Communion, she didn't realized until it was too late to change them ROFL I told her I thought she was a Baptist spy spreading sedition in the ranks.

 

[midwestyankee]

We have several in the house and I personally own three. One is an annotated version used mostly for college-level scriptural study, which was a hobby of mine about 20 years ago. Yes, I've read and studied the whole thing many times over.

Doesn't mean I have to believe it, though.

 

[00Syd]

No. I used to have a pocket bible that someone gave me on the street during Middle School, but I'm not sure where it ended up. I tried to sit down and read the bible once, and I gave up about a hundred pages in because I got bored. I should give it another shot sometime.

 

[Keroin]

Nope. Never have and never will.

 

[intothewoods]

Belief aside, the new testament is one of those basic texts in western civilization studies, right? At least that's what my western civ professor told me. Everyone should read it.

I wish I'd learnt more about budhism, hinduism and other world religions as well. I've read stuff here and there only. From a cultural studies perspective (not having anything to do with personal faith or lack thereof), I think it's all really interesting.

Of course, I went right to the source to study Mormonism: South Park. Kidding, kidding, although it is a funny episode. If anyone saw the play Angels in America (plays actually, but I don't remember both titles), I found all of the Mormon characters and information really interesting.

Ok, that's it. I must stop watching Jersey Shore and reading any more Girl with a Dragon whateverthefuck and do some real reading again! If only the Situation weren't so compelling!

 

[JMohegan]

Belief aside, the new testament is one of those basic texts in western civilization studies, right? At least that's what my western civ professor told me. Everyone should read it.

I read parts of Genesis, Exodus, and the NT, in college.

I didn't save the text. But, you know, I didn't save War & Peace, either. I find Russian novelists nearly as intolerable as ancient goat herders.

 

[Netzach]

I've seen the new by itself, but by Christian I meant both OT and NT. Like Bill Clinton's 20 pound bible he was carrying around after Monica. Bet it hasn't left the shelve in ten years. I miss Bill.

So, as the KJV contains what we refer to as the five books of moses it's part one and the sequel in one spot. I don't read Hebrew at all, so I have no books in the language.

 

[intothewoods]

I read parts of Genesis, Exodus, and the NT, in college.

I didn't save the text. But, you know, I didn't save War & Peace, either. I find Russian novelists nearly as intolerable as ancient goat herders.

I loved War and Peace. That's how I felt about Foucault though.

 

[Netzach]

Belief aside, the new testament is one of those basic texts in western civilization studies, right? At least that's what my western civ professor told me. Everyone should read it.

It really does help with reading most novels. That and Homer.

 

[ownedsubgal]

It really does help with reading most novels. That and Homer.

funny. i read Iliad when i was 8 (which i loved btw), followed by the Old Testament the next summer and fall. for no reason other than i had read absolutely everything else in the house. yeah, i was a friendless nerd.

 

[rosco rathbone]

I read the KJV for 30 mins per diem, on my second complete read-thru.