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Post by chrisfan on Feb 9, 2006 14:50:40 GMT -5
See now I was raised that to mark on a bible in any way was defacing & a form of sacrilege. Though I’ve seen the Rev do it with his own (though I think they have a special issue version) Any ideas on writing in the bible other than what I’ve expressed? I think it's all a matter of personal preference. I know some people who see marking in the bible as sacrilege. I know other people who consider it the only way to really study it. But to be honest, I think that people vary in that respect towards books in general. Some people think you have to baby them, protecting them from any marks, tears, or bent pages. On the other hand, I heard about a writer once (I can't remember who it was, but it was someone talented) who was asked to autograph one of his books one time by someone who told him it was her absolute favorite, and he flipped through a few pages and then threw it back at her, insulted that she didn't have a single note or marking in the text. To his way of thinking, the only way to truly enjoy a book was to take the time to mark it up. |
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Post by phil on Feb 9, 2006 14:58:32 GMT -5
Nothing wrong with using "Post-It" either ...
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Post by kmc on Feb 9, 2006 15:25:40 GMT -5
I absolutely refuse to mark any of my books. I'm anal like that.
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Post by Thorngrub on Feb 9, 2006 16:24:12 GMT -5
Not during Bible Hour! *shocked*
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Post by JACkory on Feb 9, 2006 19:30:08 GMT -5
See now I was raised that to mark on a bible in any way was defacing & a form of sacrilege.HÉ! It is not the book(paper and ink)in itself that is sacred but the message it wants to carry ... VERY well said, Phil. I underline passages in my Bible that stand out or for some reason seem to really resonate with me. I'm sure that within a few years there will be more underlined verses than not. But I also have a couple of Bibles that I will not mark in. I've got a very unique Bible, the Viking Studio Edition of the Pennyroyal Caxton Bible with illustrations and text design by Barry Moser. It's a King James Version, but has no verse numbers (a "reader's Bible") and the illustrations are remarkable...some would make excellent Joy Division album covers! It's an heirloom kind of thing... |
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Post by Rit on Feb 9, 2006 19:40:17 GMT -5
the only bible i'ver ever read was the ones they gave out at Catholic schools. the NSRV edition.
it's the one i've still got.
however, more interesting to me, is that i have Willis Barnstone's translation of the 4 Gospels and the Book of Revelation preserving strict jewish etymologies. Therefore, throughout that edition, Jesus is only called Yeshua, and Mary is called Mariam, etc. etc..
i like reading that edition, if ever i need to read the Gospels. which is almost never, but i digress.
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Post by melon1 on Feb 11, 2006 1:30:46 GMT -5
OK, I was the one who voted for "I've read all the New Testament parts of the OT". Believe it or not there are still parts of the Old Testament I haven't gotten to. This is probably due to the fact that I've read the Gospels and Epistles probably 50 times each. Of course, more than half of those times were in the past, when I didn't have the Holy Spirit guiding me in all truth when I read. That started more recently.
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Post by Mary on Feb 11, 2006 23:50:37 GMT -5
I obsessively mark up all my books. Otherwise I feel like I haven't really read them.
as for the bible...I've read parts of both the old and new testaments, but I've never sat down and read from beginning to end. This is actually a project I've set for myself - when I finish my dissertation, before my job starts, there are a few things I've never read that I feel obligated to read, one of which is the Bible.
Cheers,
M
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Post by Galactus on Feb 12, 2006 0:02:17 GMT -5
I absolutely refuse to mark any of my books. I'm anal like that. I'm the same...I hate to even crack the spine. |
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Post by Nepenthe on Feb 12, 2006 1:21:03 GMT -5
This is a very hard question for me. I have been reading the Bible since I was a child. When I was 12 I read the book of revelations 3 times consecutively, because there is so much symbolism. I have never actually sat down and started at the beiginning of the Bible and read all the way through the end. But I have read it so much that I have lost count on how many times I have read which books. So I have probably read the entire Bible, but not in chronological order that it is written. But to be on the safe side I voted I have read all of the NT and parts of the old, which is probably an underestimate.
I won't mark in my Companion Bible, I absolutely cherish that one. Not too mention that sucker cost $110, even though I didn't pay for it. My Mom and Dad got me that one back in 1996 as a birthday gift. This was when I started reading the Bible on an almost daily basis. Now it is a daily basis. But when I was younger I highlighted things in my other KJVs and The Living Bible that one of my friends gave me back in highschool.
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Post by JACkory on Feb 12, 2006 11:53:09 GMT -5
Just to clarify...the question is whether you have read the Bible in it's entirety, and that does not mean "IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER" (from front to back in order). The Bible is a collection of books and is not really intended to be read in such a manner. That said, there's nothing wrong with tackling it in order, especially the first go-round. I just think that method is a challenge and it can get discourageing when you get to "dry" sections (long lists of geneaologies, for instance).
I follow a pre-ordained plan that enables me to complete the entire Bible in one year. It's a commitment to read a certain number of chapters in a couple of books every day, and since it's all planned out in advance I'm assured of reading the entire thing without missing anything. This reading is my "devotional" reading, because I've made a commitment to do it whether I want to or not.
Beyond that, I find myself reafing the Psalms very frequently and I like to read Paul's letters a lot, too. I'll sometimes pick a book (in the OT or NT) and read it along with my devotional reading...it is very instructive when reading about Isaiah prophecying in Kings/Chronicles to go over and read the actual prophecies in the book of Isaiah. It really helps place the prophecies in context.
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Post by JACkory on Feb 12, 2006 12:08:08 GMT -5
Oh, and one more thing to anyone considering reading the entire Bible:
I know TDD will disagree with this, but I think it is best to start with a translation like the NIV (preferably a "study bible" edition) unless you've read so much Shakespeare that you are fluent in the nuances of 17th century English syntax and word meanings. The King James Version, translation completed in 1611, is excellent and certainly has it's merits, but the English language has changed so much in the intevening 400 years and the NIV allows you to concentrate on the message without having to stumble over arcane expressions and peculiar wordings.
Yes, there are sects that proclaim that the KJV is the ONLY reliable English translation ever made.
I respectfully disagree and point to the fact that the NIV was translated by a more diverse team of scholars using not only the manuscripts employed by King James' translators but also manuscripts (and fragments) that are older, including the ones found in the Dead Sea Scrolls.
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Post by Rit on Feb 12, 2006 12:34:52 GMT -5
I have respect for the Book of Job. and the Gospels. Them's alright, bro.
the Book of Job reads as Shakespearean literature (as do a few of the other Books, though i'm not very certain which i'd take for sure), and the Gospels are honest voices. The rest i can take or leave, it doesn't particularly appeal.
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Post by poseidon on Feb 12, 2006 15:31:28 GMT -5
See I'm part of the majority: I've read selections from both Old & New Testament.
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Post by luke on Feb 13, 2006 15:47:18 GMT -5
I absolutely refuse to mark any of my books. I'm anal like that. I can’t mark in a book. Or damage it or bend the spine or fold a page or anything like that. I think it boils down to when I was a kid, probably about five or six. I had this book of Mother Goose nursery rhymes, and I scratched out several of the rhymes and put in the Andrew Dice Clay versions. My mother spanked me like there was no tomorrow, not so much because of the content but because I marked up a book. Haven’t done so since, with the sole exception of textbooks. Like that with CDs too, though. Hate to even put them in books to put in my car or whatever. And the only time I’ve ever spanked any of my dogs was when they damaged my CDs or booklets. I remember my mother’s fox terrier puppy pissing on Blood Sugar Sex Magik. There was hell to pay. |
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