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So, anybody want to suggest a chronological bible? :-)
I've certainly read large parts of it, I went to a Jewish school as a child. But of course, that was only the Hebrew Bible. I have shockingly enough never read the new testament. As I recall, last time I tried to read the bible all the way through, I downloaded a freebie King James version off Project Gutenberg and did just find until Leviticus, when I started running into long chapters consisting of nothing but lists of who begat who. I figured the bible in one year people would probably break that up so you weren't hit with all of it at once.
DMB, you have some great suggestions. I have so little knowledge (beyond an abstract idea at perhaps the Wikipedia level) that I don't really know where to start with those. Maybe with Homer? I think I find the essay format more dull than a play or poem or novel. I have bookmarked this thread and will be downloading all suggestions to at least sample :-) Don't worry about making too many suggestions. I am a fast reader anyway, and I am loving this conversation. I'd love to hear what else you recommend.
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